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1 7 y separately published work icon A Swindler's Progress : Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty Kirsten McKenzie , Sydney : NewSouth Publishing , 2009 Z1647344 2009 single work biography '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 Britain's most spectacular fortunes? How had he come to vanish? What does his tale tell us about status and class, property and wealth, and nobles and convicts in the first part of the nineteenth century? Part mystery story, part narrative history, this is a tale of swindlers, adventurers and opportunists across two hemispheres.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 Scandal in the New World Kirsten McKenzie , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-14 January 2007; (p. 37)
— Review of An Irresistible Temptation : The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial Scandal Carol Baxter , 2006 single work biography
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