Famous Impostors
 First edition | |
| Author | Bram Stoker |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sidgwick & Jackson |
Publication date | 1910 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Famous Impostors is the fourth and final book of nonfiction by Bram Stoker (the author of Dracula), published in 1910.[1] It is a book that deals with exposing various impostors and hoaxes.
Contents
- Pretenders
- Perkin Warbeck
- The Hidden King (Sebastian of Portugal)
- Stephan Mali (Šćepan_Mali)
- The False Dauphins
- Princess Olive
- Practitioners of Magic
- The Wandering Jew
- John Law
- Witchcraft and Clairvoyance
- Arthur Orton (Tichborne claimant)
- Women as Men
- The Motive for Disguise
- Hannah Snell
- La Maupin
- Mary East
- Hoaxes, Etc.
- Two London Hoaxes (includes the Berners Street hoax)
- The Cat Hoax (a scam to buy cats brought to a certain address)
- The Military Review (a false parade announced at 1812)
- The Toll-Gate (a practical joke played by Charles Mayne Young for not paying a toll)
- The Marriage Hoax (a marriage stopped by the false claim that the groom already had a wife and children)
- Buried Treasure (a false treasure unearthed by a victim and a swindler, which gives his share to the victim in exchange for something of value)
- Dean Swift's Hoax (an alleged letter written by a criminal about his accomplices and hideouts)
- Hoaxed Burglars (thieves steal a secure box containing lead)
- Bogus Sausages (sausages are discovered to be skins filled with bread)
- The Moon Hoax
- Chevalier d'Eon
- The Bisley Boy
Online texts
- Bram Stoker Online Full PDF version of Famous Impostors.
References
- ↑ http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/bram-stoker/ Stoker's Biography at Fantastic Fiction.
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