CHAPTER | | PAGE | I. | Pretenders | 1 | | A. | Perkin Warbeck | 3 | | B. | The Hidden King | 17 | | C. | Stephan Mali | 31 | | D. | The False Dauphins | 36 | | E. | Princess Olive | 49 | II. | Practitioners of Magic | 69 | | A. | Paracelsus | 71 | | B. | Cagliostro | 80 | | C. | Mesmer | 95 | III. | The Wandering Jew | 107 | IV. | John Law | 123 | V. | Witchcraft and Clairvoyance | 145 | | A. | Witches | 147 | | B. | Doctor Dee | 155 | | C. | La Voisin | 164 | | D. | Sir Edward Kelley | 175 | | E. | Mother Damnable | 182 | | F. | Matthew Hopkins | 190 | VI. | Arthur Orton (Tichborne claimant) | 201 | VII. | Women as Men | 227 | | A. | The Motive for Disguise | 227 | | B. | Hannah Snell | 231 | | C. | La Maupin | 235 | | D. | Mary East | 241 | VIII. | Hoaxes, etc. | 249 | | A. | Two London Hoaxes | 249 | | B. | The Cat Hoax | 255 | | C. | The Military Review | 256 | | D. | The Toll-Gate | 256 | | E. | The Marriage Hoax | 257 | | F. | Buried Treasure | 258 | | G. | Dean Swift’s Hoax | 259 | | H. | Hoaxed Burglars | 260 | | I. | Bogus Sausages | 260 | | J. | The Moon Hoax | 262 | IX. | Chevalier d’Eon |
| |
|