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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKenzie, Kirsten, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Impostors and imposture--Case studies.

Impostors and imposture.

Social status--Case studies.

Social status.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : UNSW Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Originally published: Sydney, N.S.W. : University of New South Wales Press, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-74223-113-6

OCLC:

635291501