Talk:Basil Zaharoff

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[edit] Fictional Portrayals

In one of Leslie Charteris's stories about Simon Templar, Simon receives the memoirs of an arms merchant who apparently started several wars, perhaps including the Great War, to make money selling munitions. Simon informs several men that he intends to sell the memoir, in portions, to fund a foundation to prevent any further outbreak of that criminal madness. The rest of the story, as I recall, is a struggle for possession of the manuscript. When the local library reopens after renovations perhaps I can find the details. J S Ayer 03:01, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, it's gone. J S Ayer 02:19, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

It was probably "The Simon Templar Foundation" in The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal. J S Ayer 02:41, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mystery man

Guinness once referred to Zarahoff as the 'Mystery man of Europe' in the House of Commons; biographers of Zarahoff have reported great difficulty in obtaining details of his life and activities, and have left behind accounts which are sometimes contradictory or misleading. There is a story of a visitor to Zarahoff's house commenting on how warm it was, to be told that had been busy burning his diaries. The tone of the account here appears very definitive and does not reflect this uncertainty - we need a caveat somewhere to that effect. Ephebi (talk) 10:40, 18 March 2008 (UTC)