Project Gutenberg 2016-03-08 Public domain in the USA. 681 Stoker, Bram 1847 1912 Stoker, Abraham 10029528 Famous Impostors Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famous_Impostors 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. Produced by deaurider, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Famous Impostors" by Bram Stoker is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work explores various well-known cases of imposture throughout history, focusing on individuals who have assumed false identities for personal gain or the sheer thrill of deception. Stoker adopts a narrative style reminiscent of fiction, even though the accounts are based entirely on factual events. The opening of "Famous Impostors" sets the stage with a preface that introduces the theme of imposture as a fascinating aspect of human nature. Stoker explains the intent of his collection is not to make moral judgements but to present various notorious instances, such as royal pretenders and gender-based deceptions, like that of Perkin Warbeck, who claimed to be the murdered Duke of York. The author notes the historical and social forces that enable such frauds, hinting at the allure and risks faced by both impostors and those who are deceived. The initial chapters promise in-depth exploration of these intriguing characters and their stories, engaging readers in the realms of deception and ambition from a historical perspective. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Impostors and imposture Hoaxes CT HV Text Category: History - Other 549775 2025-09-20T13:44:56.061498 text/html 525145 2024-10-23T00:08:56 text/html 1186878 2025-09-20T13:45:04.256446 application/epub+zip 1185308 2025-09-20T13:44:57.820498 application/epub+zip 309465 2025-09-20T13:44:57.001483 application/epub+zip 1313437 2025-09-20T13:45:09.180469 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1257553 2025-09-20T13:45:03.396495 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383122 2022-09-23T11:51:29.285272 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 487518 2025-09-20T13:44:55.368475 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 467690 2024-10-23T00:08:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17226 2025-09-20T13:45:09.328423 application/rdf+xml 11614 2025-09-20T13:44:57.112482 image/jpeg 1856 2025-09-20T13:44:57.057532 image/jpeg 1075357 2025-09-20T13:44:56.134555 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia