Reviews for Land That Never Was Sir Gregor Macgregor and the Most Audacious Fraud in History

The average rating for Land That Never Was Sir Gregor Macgregor and the Most Audacious Fraud in History based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-03-15 00:00:00 Kenrick Brown The story of Poyais, the gorgeous South American country that never existed... The tale is fascinating, but Sinclair sucks a lot of the interest out of it with a pedestrian writing style. He can't seem to distinguish between what is interesting detail and what is just excess. I was left feeling that the book was interesting in spite of, rather than because of, the way it was written.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-07-28 00:00:00 Bepi Maser Oh my dear God. I can't believe I finally finished this book. I don't even know how long I've been reading this book - at least 8 months, I'd say. The story *should* be interesting. A professional soldier of Scottish descent swindles hundreds of Scots and Brits into giving him money and buying land in a country that does not even exist. He even puts the ones who bought land on a ship and sends them off to this fake country in South America. It sounds fascinating. In reality, this is like reading the driest history text book ever. Endless boring accounts of military maneuvers and family history - it's like reading the begats in the Bible. The very few pages that are spent discussing the actual con are relatively interesting, but I'd say those pages are maybe 30-40 in a 300+ page book. I'm glad I know this history of this story, but I will NEVER read this book again and I will NEVER recommend it to anyone else. I'd like a writer with an interest in story to have a go at this. As for my copy, it's going straight onto BookMooch.