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

Kirsten McKenzie

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In May 1835 in a Sydney courtroom, a slight, balding man named John Dow stood charged with forgery. The prisoner shocked the room by claiming he was Edward, Viscount Lascelles, eldest son of the powerful Earl of Harewood. The Crown alleged he was ...

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