A swindler's progress : nobles and convicts in the age of liberty / Kirsten McKenzie.

In May 1835 in a Sydney courtroom, a slight, prematurely balding man was charged with forgery. The prisoner claimed he was Edward, Viscount Lascelles, eldest son of the Earl of Harewood. The Crown alleged he was a confidence trickster and serial impostor. Was this the real Edward Lascelles, heir to...

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Main Author: McKenzie, Kirsten, 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Sydney : UNSW Press, 2009.
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260 |a Sydney :  |b UNSW Press,  |c 2009. 
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505 0 |a Contents; Prologue: His Lordship on trial; Part one: Arcadia; Et in Arcadia ego; The price of the county; Part two: Rum and disgrace; Harewood at bay; The lost heir; Part Three: Antipodes; A wild and distant shore; His Lordship's tour de force; Epilogue: The play is played out; Reflections on A Swindler's Progress; Notes; References; Index. 
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