Bare-Faced Messiah

<p><em>Bare-Faced Messiah </em>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.</p><br><br><p>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.</p><br><br><p><em>Bare-Faced Messiah </em>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.</p>