Famous Impostors


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This book deals with the exposing of various impostors and hoaxes. One of Bram Stoker's last works, it is a survey of various charlatans, rogues, and other practitioners of make-believe. With a cheerfully withering eye for their cons, Stoker introduces us to many famous fakers including: royal pretenders (such as Perkin Warbeck, who claimed King Henry VII's throne), the Wandering Jew, John Law, Arthur Orton, women masquerading as men, hoaxers, Chevalier D'eon, the Bisley Boys, and others.




Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama


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Reproduction of the original: Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama by E. Cobham Brewer




Nollekens and His Times


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The Ampleforth Journal


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