Famous Imposters

Famous Imposters
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This carefully crafted ebook: «Famous Imposters (Pretenders & Hoaxes including Queen Elizabeth and many more revealed by Bram Stoker)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Famous Impostors is the fourth and final book of nonfiction by Bram Stoker, published in 1910. It is a book that deals with exposing various impostors and hoaxes. Table of Contents : Preface Pretenders Perkin Warbeck The Hidden King «Stefan Mali» The False Czar The False Dauphins Princess Olive Practitioners of Magic: Paracelsus Cagliostro Mesmer The Wandering Jew John Law Witchcraft and Clairvoyance: The Period Doctor Dee La Voisin Sir Edward Kelley Mother Damnable Matthew Hopkins Arthur Orton Women as men: The Motive for Disguise Hannah Snell. La Maupin. Mary East Hoaxes, Etc.: Two London Hoaxes The Cat Hoax The Military Review The Toll-Gate The Marriage Hoax Buried Treasure Dean Swift's Hoax Hoaxed Burglars Bogus Sausages The Moon Hoax The Chevalier D'eon The Bisley Boy Prolegomenon The Queen's Secret Bisley The Tradition The Difficulty of Proof The Time and the Opportunity The Identity of Elizabeth The Solution Index Abraham «Bram» Stoker ( 1847 – 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned.

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Bram Stoker. Famous Imposters

Famous Imposters

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Pretenders

A. Perkin Warbeck

B. The Hidden King

C. “Stefan Mali” The False Czar

D. The False Dauphins

E. Princess Olive

2. Practitioners of Magic

A. Paracelsus

B. Cagliostro

C. Mesmer

3. The Wandering Jew

4. John Law

5. Witchcraft and Clairvoyance

A. The Period

B. Doctor Dee

C. La Voisin

D. Sir Edward Kelley

E. Mother Damnable

F. Matthew Hopkins

6. Arthur Orton

7. Women as men

A. The Motive for Disguise

B. Hannah Snell

C. La Maupin

D. Mary East

8. 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

9. the Chevalier D’eon

10. the Bisley Boy

A. Prolegomenon

No Descendants

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

The Duchess of Richmond

The Unfulfilled Marriage

Index

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Bram Stoker

(Pretenders & Hoaxes including Queen Elizabeth and many more revealed by Bram Stoker)

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He was condemned to two years’ imprisonment at Vitry, and afterwards to a term of twice that duration, during which he died, in 1812.

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