Famous Impostors
by Bram Stoker
★★★★★No ratings yet
Language: English
Sign in to rate this book.
Sign in to shelve this book.
About this eBook
- Author
- Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912
- Credits
- Produced by deaurider, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare
- Subject
- Hoaxes
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 51391
- Release Date
- March 8, 2016
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.FAMOUS IMPOSTORS
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.I. PRETENDERS
- 6.A. PERKIN WARBECK
- 7.B. THE HIDDEN KING
- 8.C. “STEFAN MALI” THE FALSE CZAR
- 9.D. THE FALSE DAUPHINS
- 10.E. PRINCESS OLIVE
- 11.II. PRACTITIONERS OF MAGIC
- 12.PARACELSUS
- 13.CAGLIOSTRO
- 14.MESMER
- 15.III. THE WANDERING JEW
- 16.IV. JOHN LAW THE MISSISSIPPI SCHEME AND ITS ANTECEDENTS
- 17.A. THE PERIOD
- 18.B. DOCTOR DEE
- 19.C. LA VOISIN
- 20.D. SIR EDWARD KELLEY
- 21.E. MOTHER DAMNABLE
- 22.F. MATTHEW HOPKINS
- 23.VI. ARTHUR ORTON (The Tichborne Claimant.)
- 24.VII. WOMEN AS MEN — A. THE MOTIVE FOR DISGUISE — B. HANNAH SNELL — C. LA MAUPIN — D. MARY EAST
- 25.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
- 26.IX. THE CHEVALIER D’EON
- 27.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
- 28.INDEX
- 29.Transcriber’s Notes
Community reviews
Sign in to write a review.
No reviews yet.