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Famous Imposters

By Bram Stoker

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Table of Contents

FAMOUS IMPOSTORS
PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
I. PRETENDERS
FAMOUS IMPOSTORS
- A. PERKIN WARBECK
- B. THE HIDDEN KING
- C. “STEFAN MALI” THE FALSE CZAR
- D. THE FALSE DAUPHINS
- E. PRINCESS OLIVE
II. PRACTITIONERS OF MAGIC
- PARACELSUS
- CAGLIOSTRO
- MESMER
III. THE_WANDERING_JEW
IV. JOHN LAW
V. WITCHCRAFT_AND_CLAIRVOYANCE
- A. THE PERIOD
- B. DOCTOR DEE
- C. LA VOISIN
- D. SIR EDWARD KELLEY
- E. MOTHER DAMNABLE
- F. MATTHEW HOPKINS
VI. ARTHUR ORTON (The Tichborne Claimant.)
VII. WOMEN AS MEN
- A. THE MOTIVE FOR DISGUISE
- B. HANNAH SNELL
- C. LA MAUPIN
- D. MARY EAST
VIII. HOAXES, ETC.
- A. TWO LONDON HOAXES
- B. THE CAT HOAX
- C. THE MILITARY REVIEW
- D. THE TOLL-GATE
- E. THE MARRIAGE HOAX
- F. BURIED TREASURE
- G. DEAN SWIFT’S HOAX
- H. HOAXED BURGLARS
- I. BOGUS SAUSAGES
- J. THE MOON HOAX
IX. THE CHEVALIER D’EON
X. THE BISLEY BOY
- A. PROLEGOMENON
  - B. THE QUEEN’S SECRET
  - C. BISLEY
  - D. THE TRADITION
  - E. THE DIFFICULTY OF PROOF
  - F. THE TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY
  - G. THE IDENTITY OF ELIZABETH
  - H. THE SOLUTION The Duke of Richmond
- B. THE QUEEN’S SECRET
- C. BISLEY
- D. THE TRADITION
- E. THE DIFFICULTY OF PROOF
- F. THE TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY
- G. THE IDENTITY OF ELIZABETH
- H. THE SOLUTION The Duke of Richmond
INDEX
Transcriber’s Notes

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