Extrait de Famous Imposters (Pretenders & Hoaxes including Queen Elizabeth and many more revealed by Bram Stoker)
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Famous Imposters (Pretenders & Hoaxes including Queen Elizabeth and many more revealed by Bram Stoker)
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Découvrez les plus grands imposteurs de l’histoire à travers le regard acéré de Bram Stoker, l’auteur de Dracula. Ce livre captivant lève le voile sur des canulars royaux, des magiciens charlatans et des mystères jamais élucidés.
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Famous Impostors is the fourth and final book of nonfiction by Bram Stoker, published in 1910. It is a book that deals with exposing various impostors and hoaxes.
Table of Contents :
Preface
Pretenders
Perkin Warbeck
The Hidden King
"Stefan Mali" The False Czar
The False Dauphins
Princess Olive
Practitioners of Magic:
Paracelsus
Cagliostro
Mesmer
The Wandering Jew
John Law
Witchcraft and Clairvoyance:
The Period
Doctor Dee
La Voisin
Sir Edward Kelley
Mother Damnable
Matthew Hopkins
Arthur Orton
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
The Chevalier D'eon
The Bisley Boy
Prolegomenon
The Queen's Secret
Bisley
The Tradition
The Difficulty of Proof
The Time and the Opportunity
The Identity of Elizabeth
The Solution
Index
Abraham "Bram" Stoker ( 1847 - 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned.
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Famous Impostors is the fourth and final book of nonfiction by Bram Stoker, published in 1910. It is a book that deals with exposing various impostors and hoaxes.
Table of Contents :
Preface
Pretenders
Perkin Warbeck
The Hidden King
"Stefan Mali" The False Czar
The False Dauphins
Princess Olive
Practitioners of Magic:
Paracelsus
Cagliostro
Mesmer
The Wandering Jew
John Law
Witchcraft and Clairvoyance:
The Period
Doctor Dee
La Voisin
Sir Edward Kelley
Mother Damnable
Matthew Hopkins
Arthur Orton
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
The Chevalier D'eon
The Bisley Boy
Prolegomenon
The Queen's Secret
Bisley
The Tradition
The Difficulty of Proof
The Time and the Opportunity
The Identity of Elizabeth
The Solution
Index
Abraham "Bram" Stoker ( 1847 - 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned.
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Ce livre offre une exploration unique des plus célèbres imposteurs et canulars de l’histoire, analysés par Bram Stoker, le maître du gothique. Il révèle comment des personnages ont manipulé leur époque et pourquoi leurs histoires continuent de fasciner. Une lecture idéale pour les amateurs d’histoire, de mystère et de psychologie sociale.
L’ouvrage aborde des thèmes variés : imposture royale (comme celle de Perkin Warbeck), magie et charlatanisme (avec Cagliostro et Mesmer), mystères historiques (comme la légende du Bisley Boy), et hoaxes célèbres (dont le canular lunaire). Stoker y explore aussi la frontière entre réalité et illusion.
Ce livre s’adresse aux passionnés d’histoire, de mystères et de récits insolites. Il séduira aussi les lecteurs curieux de découvrir l’œuvre méconnue de Bram Stoker, au-delà de Dracula. Accessible et documenté, il convient à tous les publics.
Vous pourrez interroger le smartbook sur les détails des impostures présentées, les méthodes utilisées par les charlatans, ou encore les liens entre ces histoires et la société de leur époque. Posez-lui aussi des questions sur Bram Stoker et son analyse des tromperies historiques.
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Bram Stoker (1847–1912) est un écrivain irlandais, mondialement connu pour son roman Dracula (1897), qui a marqué la littérature gothique. Directeur du Lyceum Theatre de Londres, il a aussi écrit plusieurs œuvres non fictionnelles, dont Famous Imposters (1910), son dernier livre. Stoker y explore avec ironie et érudition les plus grands imposteurs et canulars de l’histoire. Son style mêle rigueur historique et fascination pour le mystère.
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Publication Date
9 October 2013
Publisher
e-artnow
Technical Characteristics
Language
Anglais
ISBN 13
9788074849367
Format
Epub
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