A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty by Kirsten McKenzie

A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty by Kirsten McKenzie

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781742231105
Author: Kirsten McKenzie
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: University of New South Wales Publishing
Place: Sydney NSW
Year: 2009
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368 pages
Period: 19th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Ex library copy with all external stickers removed. Stamps on inside pages. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Pages have sunned.

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 one of Britain's most spectacular fortunes? How had he come to vanish? What does his tale tell us about status and class, property and wealth, and nobles and convicts in the first part of the nineteenth century?

Part mystery story, part narrative history, this is a tale of swindlers, adventurers and opportunists across two hemispheres. (back cover)

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