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

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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.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PROLOGUE: HIS LORDSHIP ON TRIAL
  • PART ONE Arcadia
  • Introduction
  • 1 ET IN ARCADIA EGO
  • 2 THE PRICE OF THE COUNTY
  • PART TWO Ruin and disgrace
  • Introduction
  • 3 HAREWOOD AT BAY '
  • 4 THE LOST HEIR
  • PART THREE Antipodes A
  • Introduction
  • 5 A WILD AND DISTANT SHORE
  • 6 HIS LORDSHIP'S TOUR DE FORCE
  • EPILOGUE: THE PLAY IS PLAYED OUT
  • REFLECTIONS ON A SWINDLER'S PROGRESS
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX
  • Tafel

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