«Famous Imposters, Pretenders & Hoaxes» by Bram Stoker
«Famous Imposters, Pretenders & Hoaxes» by Bram Stoker
English | ISBN: 9788027223886 | EPUB | 0.3 MB
English | ISBN: 9788027223886 | EPUB | 0.3 MB
"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.
Contents:
Pretenders
Perkin Warbeck
The Hidden King
Stephan Mali
The False Dauphins
Princess Olive
Practitioners of Magic
Paracelsus
Cagliostro
Mesmer
The Wandering Jew
John Law
Witchcraft and Clairvoyance
Witches
Doctor Dee
La Voisin
Sir Edward Kelley
Mother Damnable
Matthew Hopkins
Arthur Orton (Tichborne claimant)
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
Chevalier d'Eon
The Bisley Boy…
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.