Famous Impostors

Download or read book Famous Impostors written by Bram Stoker and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1910 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the exposing of various impostors and hoaxes. One of Bram Stoker's last works, it is a survey of various charlatans, rogues, and other practitioners of make-believe. With a cheerfully withering eye for their cons, Stoker introduces us to many famous fakers including: royal pretenders (such as Perkin Warbeck, who claimed King Henry VII's throne), the Wandering Jew, John Law, Arthur Orton, women masquerading as men, hoaxers, Chevalier D'eon, the Bisley Boys, and others.