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The Book Forger
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In the smoky corners of 1930s London, where rare books changed hands like secret treasures, one man fooled them all.
Thomas Wise wasn’t just a collector—he was a con artist of the highest order. Charming, cultured, and utterly ruthless, Wise forged "lost" literary masterpieces with such precision and flair that even the most seasoned bibliophiles were dazzled. First editions appeared out of thin air. Forgotten pamphlets took on priceless value. And no one suspected a thing—until it was far too late.
His forgeries didn’t just fetch fortunes—they rewrote literary history. But when the truth finally surfaced, it detonated like a bomb through the genteel world of book collecting, leaving reputations shattered and libraries tainted.
Join Keith—once a collector himself—as he steps into the elegant, dangerous world of forged words and literary deception. This is the astonishing tale of Thomas Wise: the man who built his legend on lies... and almost got away with it.
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