Fraudsters and Charlatans: A Peek at Some of History's Greatest Rogues
In 1817 a young woman of exotic appearance was found wandering near Bristol. She spoke in a language that no one could understand except, seemingly, a Portuguese sailor. He claimed that she was a Sumatran princess from the island of Javasu. Princess Caraboo, as she was known, became a national celebrity and lived in a grand style, entertaining many distinguished visitors. A few weeks later, however, she was exposed as Mary Baker, the daughter of a cobbler from Devonshire.
Veronica Davis's life is tumbling out of control. It's bad enough just to come home to Fossil, Washington, but even worse to have to do it because her sister, Crystal, is dead. On top of that, Crystal's longtime lover, Eddie, went into hiding when accused of the murder, and it was weeks after the tragedy before Veronica got the news that Lizzie,
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Five Weeks in a Balloon was Verne''s first novel. An accomplished tale, it was a foretaste of the joys to come with his more famous books, Around the World in Eighty Day and Journey to the Centre of the Earth'
