Famous Imposters
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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
INDEX
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