Famous Impostors

by Bram Stoker

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER			PAGE
I.	Pretenders		[1]
	A.	Perkin Warbeck	[3]
	B.	The Hidden King	[17]
	C.	Stephan Mali	[31]
	D.	The False Dauphins	[36]
	E.	Princess Olive	[49]
II.	Practitioners of Magic		[69]
	A.	Paracelsus	[71]
	B.	Cagliostro	[80]
	C.	Mesmer	[95]
III.	The Wandering Jew		[107]
IV.	John Law		[123]
V.	Witchcraft and Clairvoyance		[145]
	A.	Witches	[147]
	B.	Doctor Dee	[155]
	C.	La Voisin	[164]
	D.	Sir Edward Kelley	[175]
	E.	Mother Damnable	[182]
	F.	Matthew Hopkins	[190]
VI.	Arthur Orton (Tichborne claimant)		[201]
VII.	Women as Men		[227]
	A.	The Motive for Disguise	[227]
	B.	Hannah Snell	[231]
	C.	La Maupin	[235]
	D.	Mary East	[241]
VIII.	Hoaxes, etc.		[249]
	A.	Two London Hoaxes	[249]
	B.	The Cat Hoax	[255]
	C.	The Military Review	[256]
	D.	The Toll-Gate	[256]
	E.	The Marriage Hoax	[257]
	F.	Buried Treasure	[258]
	G.	Dean Swift’s Hoax	[259]
	H.	Hoaxed Burglars	[260]
	I.	Bogus Sausages	[260]
	J.	The Moon Hoax	[262]
IX.	Chevalier d’Eon		[269]
X.	The Bisley Boy		[283]

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Queen Elizabeth as a Young Woman	[Frontispiece]
	FACING PAGE
Perkin Warbeck	[4]
Edward IV as a Young Man	[12]
Olivia Serres	[50]
Cagliostro	[80]
John Law	[124]
Arthur Orton	[202]
The Chevalier D’Eon	[270]
The Duke of Richmond	[326]
The Duchess of Richmond	[334]

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