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Famous Impostors (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) [EPUB ebook]

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This last (1910) work of nonfiction by the author of Dracula sketches “impersonators, swindlers, and humbugs, ” including pretenders of royalty; witches, magicians, and clairvoyants; women disguised as men; and the legend of the Wandering Jew. He also exposes history’s greatest hoaxes, such as the claim that Queen Elizabeth was a man.

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Abraham “Bram” Stoker (1847–1912) was an Irish novelist and short-story writer. In his role as business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, he traveled the world, and no doubt drew inspiration from his journeys. But most commonly, Stoker is known as the author of the Gothic literary classic Dracula.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 388 ● ISBN 9781411452244 ● File size 0.3 MB ● Age 99-17 years ● Publisher Barnes & Noble ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5863723 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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