02551nam 2200541Ia 450 991078095640332120230207231102.01-74223-113-6(CKB)2520000000009443(EBL)533823(OCoLC)635291501(SSID)ssj0000675093(PQKBManifestationID)11396005(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000675093(PQKBWorkID)10668449(PQKB)10990577(MiAaPQ)EBC533823(Au-PeEL)EBL533823(CaPaEBR)ebr10370186(EXLCZ)99252000000000944320091102d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA swindler's progress[electronic resource] nobles and convicts in the age of liberty /Kirsten McKenzieSydney UNSW Press20091 online resource (352 p.)Originally published: Sydney, N.S.W. : University of New South Wales Press, 2009.1-74223-110-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexIn 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 andImpostors and impostureCase studiesSocial statusCase studiesImpostors and impostureSocial status364.16/3364.163McKenzie Kirsten1970-1507784MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780956403321A swindler's progress3738747UNINA