Famous Impostors

Famous Impostors

First edition
Author	Bram Stoker
Language	English
Publisher	Sidgwick & Jackson
Publication date	1910
Media type	Print (hardcover)

Famous Impostors is the fourth and final book of nonfiction by Bram Stoker (the author of Dracula), published in 1910. It is a book that deals with exposing various impostors and hoaxes.

Contents

• Pretenders
  • Perkin Warbeck
  • The Hidden King (Sebastian of Portugal)
  • Stephan Mali (Šćepan_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 (includes the Berners Street hoax)
  • The Cat Hoax (a scam to buy cats brought to a certain address)
  • The Military Review (a false parade announced at 1812)
  • The Toll-Gate (a practical joke played by Charles Mayne Young for not paying a toll)
  • The Marriage Hoax (a marriage stopped by the false claim that the groom already had a wife and children)
  • Buried Treasure (a false treasure unearthed by a victim and a swindler, which gives his share to the victim in exchange for something of value)
  • Dean Swift's Hoax (an alleged letter written by a criminal about his accomplices and hideouts)
  • Hoaxed Burglars (thieves steal a secure box containing lead)
  • Bogus Sausages (sausages are discovered to be skins filled with bread)
  • The Moon Hoax
• Chevalier d'Eon
• The Bisley Boy

Online texts

• Bram Stoker Online Full PDF version of Famous Impostors.

External links

• Famous Impostors public domain audiobook at LibriVox