Famous Impostors
 First British edition (Sidgwick & Jackson,printed in the US)[1] | |
| Author | Bram Stoker |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sturgis & Walton (US) |
Publication date | November 1910[2] |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Famous Impostorsis the last of fournon-fictionbooks completed byBram Stoker,the author ofDracula.[3]It features numerous historicalimpostorsandhoaxes.
The first edition was published by the Sturgis & Walton Company of New York in November 1910.[2]The British edition was published by Sidgwick & Jackson of London, also dated 1910, but printed in the United States.[1]Newspaper and magazine coverage implies that it was published in January 1911.[4]
Contents
[edit]Dashed (—) annotations are by Wikipedia.
- 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
- Witches
- Doctor Dee
- La Voisin
- SirEdward Kelley
- Mother Damnable - a brewer and owner of todaysThe World's End, Camden.Suspected witch after her death.
- Matthew Hopkins
- Arthur Orton(Tichborne claimant)
- Women as Men
- The Motive for Disguise
- Hannah Snell
- La Maupin
- Mary East
- Hoaxes, Etc.
- Two London Hoaxes — includes theBerners 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 byCharles Mayne Youngfor 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— was QueenElizabeth I of Englanda man?
References
[edit]- ^ab Copyright page.Full view of the UK edition, London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1910 (original from University of Wisconsin–Madison).HathiTrust Digital Library.
- ^ab Copyright page.Full view of the US edition, New York: Sturgis & Walton, 1910 (original from University of California–Berkeley). HathiTrust Digital Library.
- ^"Bram Stoker".Bibliography with numerous front cover images and price data. Fantastic Fiction.
- ^Famous Impostorstitle listing at theInternet Speculative Fiction Database.
External links
[edit]- Famous ImpostorsatProject Gutenberg
Famous Impostorspublic domain audiobook atLibriVox- Famous Impostorsat BramStoker.org Full PDF version ofFamous Impostors.
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