Author: Charles Random de Bérenger baron de Beaufain
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Languages : en
Pages : 438
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The Noble Stock-jobber, Or Facts Unveiled
Author: Charles Random de Bérenger baron de Beaufain
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Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Languages : en
Pages : 438
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The Noble Stockjobber, Or Facts Unveiled; Irrefutably to Disprove Lord Cochrane's Affidavits, Given as a Simple Narrative ... of the Author's Intercourse with the Cochrane Family ... and Proving that Lord Cochrane was Interested in the Events that on the 21st of February 1814 Affected the Stock Exchange
Author: Charles RANDOM DE BÉRENGER (Baron de Beaufain.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Languages : en
Pages : 454
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The Augustan review
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Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Fraudsters and Charlatans
Author: Linda Stratmann
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752486950
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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In 1817 a young woman of exotic appearance was found wandering near Bristol. She spoke in a language that no one could understand except, seemingly a Portuguese sailor. He claimed that she was a Sumatran princess from the island of Javasu. Princess Caraboo, as she was known, became a national celebrity and lived in a grand style, entertaining many distinguished visitors. A few weeks later, however, she was exposed as Mary Baker, the daughter of a cobbler from Devonshire.Mary’s deception is one of several intriguing stories of nineteenth-century fraudsters brought to light in Linda Stratmann’s entertaining look at some of history’s greatest rogues. From bankers who forged share certificates, ruining hundreds of small investors, to ‘Louis de Rougemont’whose tales of high adventure branded him The Greatest Liar on Earth’, these riveting tales of true crime expose the seedy side of life in which corruption, avarice and scandal hold sway. .
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752486950
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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In 1817 a young woman of exotic appearance was found wandering near Bristol. She spoke in a language that no one could understand except, seemingly a Portuguese sailor. He claimed that she was a Sumatran princess from the island of Javasu. Princess Caraboo, as she was known, became a national celebrity and lived in a grand style, entertaining many distinguished visitors. A few weeks later, however, she was exposed as Mary Baker, the daughter of a cobbler from Devonshire.Mary’s deception is one of several intriguing stories of nineteenth-century fraudsters brought to light in Linda Stratmann’s entertaining look at some of history’s greatest rogues. From bankers who forged share certificates, ruining hundreds of small investors, to ‘Louis de Rougemont’whose tales of high adventure branded him The Greatest Liar on Earth’, these riveting tales of true crime expose the seedy side of life in which corruption, avarice and scandal hold sway. .
The Trial of Lord Cochrane
Author: James Beresford Atlay
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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A Catalogue of Rare, Curious and Valuable Old Books on Sale by ---
Author: Alfred Russell Smith
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Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Languages : en
Pages : 550
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The Monthly Repertory of English Literature, ... Or an Impartial Criticism of All the Books Relative to Literature, Arts, Sciences Etc. Forming a Valuable Selection from the ... English Reviews and Magazines. Galignani's Magazine and Paris Monthly Review, (etc.) Paris 1823-25
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Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Pages : 496
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Monthly Repertory of English Literature
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Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Publications of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society: A bibliography of works relating to Dunfermline and the west of Fife, by Erskine Beveridge. 1901
Author: Edinburgh Bibliographical Society
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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A Bibliography of Works Relating to Dunfermline and the West of Fife
Author: Erskine Beveridge
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Category : Dunfermline (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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Category : Dunfermline (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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