A swindler's progress nobles and convicts in the age of liberty / Kirsten McKenzie.

In May 1835 in a Sydney courtroom, a slight, balding man named John Dow stood charged with forgery. The prisoner shocked the room by claiming he was Edward, Viscount Lascelles, eldest son of the powerful Earl of Harewood. The Crown alleged he was a confidence trickster and serial impostor. Was this...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author:	McKenzie, Kirsten, 1970-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Subjects:	Impostors and imposture > Case studies. Social status > Case studies.