Bare-Faced Messiah tells the extraordinary story of L. Ron Hubbard, a penniless science-fi ction writer who founded the Church of Scientology, became a millionaire prophet and convinced his adoring followers that he alone could save the world.
According to his 'official' biography, Hubbard was an explorer, engineer, scientist, war hero and philosopher. But in the words of a Californian judge, he was schizophrenic, paranoid and a pathological liar. What is not in dispute is that Hubbard was one of the most bizarre characters of the twentieth century.
Bare-Faced Messiah exposes the myths surrounding the fascinating and mysterious founder of the Church of Scientology - a man of hypnotic charm and limitless imagination - and provides the defi nitive account of how the notorious organisation was created.
- ISBN10 0747403325
- ISBN13 9780747403326
- Publish Date 15 September 1988 (first published 1 October 1987)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 April 1994
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Macdonald & Co
- Imprint Sphere Books
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 544
- Language English