A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty

Kirsten McKenzie

University of New South Wales Press, 2009 - History - 344 pages

In 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 Britains most spectacular fortunes?

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty
• Author: Kirsten McKenzie
• Publisher: University of New South Wales Press, 2009
• ISBN: 1742231101, 9781742231105
• Length: 344 pages
• Subjects: History / Australia & New Zealand; History / General; Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity; True Crime / Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions