On this episode of the Most notorious podcast, James Jesse Strang, Mormon leader, confidence

man, and self-proclaimed king of heaven and earth.

And so he's crowned on a throne that the padding of it is stuffed with tree moss because

they didn't have proper padding, you know, and it's in this half finished tabernacle, which

is really not much more than a half finished log cabin.

And, you know, he's using props from this guy, George Adams, the Shakespearean actors,

as brought along his props.

And, you know, for the rest of the world when they read about this, it was comical, you

know, but to his followers, it was a very serious thing.

Welcome to another episode of the Most notorious podcast, I'm Eric Rivenis.

Great to have you here.

So I am thrilled to have his my guest today, Miles Harvey.

He is the author of the International Best Selling Book, the island of lost maps.

He also teaches creative writing at DePaul University in Chicago.

And he's here to talk about his most recent book.

It is called The King of Confidence, a tale of utopian dreamers, frontier schemers, true

believers, false prophets, and the murder of an American monarch.

Awesome title.

Thank you for being here.

I so appreciate it.

Oh, it's my pleasure, Eric.

Thanks for having me on.

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