The Vicar of Wakefield – subtitled A Tale, Supposed to be written by Himself – is a novel by Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774). It was written...
A compilation of chronicles of the numerous impostors and impostures of kings, queens, and rulers. The list of claimants to the thrones of defunct mon...
In this suspenseful novel, a man named Manton finds himself embroiled in a dangerous world of espionage and deception. Thrust into a web of secret ope...
This autobiography details the life of Bampfylde Moore Carew, a renowned 18th-century English beggar, whose extensive travels and ingenious methods of...
This volume of Alexandre Dumas's "Celebrated Crimes" explores two fascinating historical cases: The Man in the Iron Mask and Martin Guerre. It delves...
Martin Guerre is the true story of a French peasant who disappeared for eight years and was replaced by an imposter during his absence. The imposter,...
