The Professor and the Parson: A Story of Desire, Deceit and Defrocking

In November 1958 distinguished historian Hugh Trevor-Roper received a letter claiming that a Magdalen College student was being persecuted by the Bishop of Oxford. Intrigued by the letter’s contents, which also asked for his help, Trevor-Roper agreed to a meeting that would turn out to be his first encounter with plagiarist, bigamist, fraud, and priest impersonator Robert Parkin-Peters! The Professor & the Parson traces the career of an eccentric British criminal whose crimes were not motivated by money but by a desire for prestige. Not only did Parkin-Peters, lie, cheat, and steal his way into academic and religious posts in the UK and abroad, but he was often unmasked as frequently as he was deported! His trail of destruction included seven marriages (three of which were bigamous), an FBI investigation, and a disastrous appearance on the BBC Television show Mastermind, in which he came joint last!

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Paperback: 240 Pages

Language: English