Unauthorized Identities: The Impostor, the Fake and the Secret History in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Abstract

The son of a carpenter declares himself the heir to a wealthy estate near Bristol. An elderly woman claims to be the unacknowledged grand-daughter of the Duke of Cumberland and to know a secret that will rock the foundations of the British monarchy. Another woman takes over Dilston Castle with a servant in a suit of armour and proclaims herself its rightful owner. Secret marriages produce inheritance claims that are pursued across generations. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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