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    <namePart>Stoker, Bram</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1847-1912</namePart>
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  <abstract>"Famous Impostors" by Bram Stoker is a non-fiction book published in 1910. The Dracula author's final work explores a fascinating gallery of historical deceptions, from royal pretenders like Perkin Warbeck to practitioners of magic such as Cagliostro. The collection examines women who disguised themselves as men, infamous hoaxes that fooled entire cities, and controversial claims including the theory that Queen Elizabeth I was secretly male. Each case reveals humanity's enduring capacity for both elaborate deception and willing belief. (This is an automatically generated summary.)</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>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.</tableOfContents>
  <note>Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famous_Impostors</note>
  <note>Release date is 2016-03-08</note>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Impostors and imposture</topic>
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