Famous Impostors

CONTENTS: PRETENDERS : Perkin Warbeck, The Hidden King, Stephan Mali, The False Dauphins, Princess Olive – PRACTICIONERS 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. ILLUSTRATIONS: Queen Elizabeth as a Young Woman -- Perkin Warbeck -- Edward IV as a Young Man -- Olivia Serres -- Cagliostro -- John Law -- Arthur Orton -- The Chevalier D'Eon -- The Duke of Richmond -- The Duchess of Richmond.