The Man Who Lost Himself: the Unbelievable Story of the Tichborne ClaimantWhen Tom Castro declared himself to be Roger, the Tichborne heir, and headed for London to claim his inheritance, not even Roger’s mother could tell them apart. By 1871 he was the most notorious celebrity in Great Britain or Australia. But who was he? And what was his story? |
Contents
Teesh | |
Burn After Reading | |
For the Sake of Knowing the World | |
Freak of Fortune | |
The New | |
A Very Jolly Life | |
Outlaws of the Waste | |
Still at Large | |
NeckorNothing | |
Never Made Sausages | |
PART THREE | |
No Worries Whatever | |
Can Say No More at Present | |
Throw Off the Mask | |
The Reverse of an Impostor | |
Is That You? | |
An Impudent Attempt at Extortion | |
The LongLost | |
A Sheaf of Affidavits | |
Cannot Remember | |
The Fat | |
Mackenzie the Detective | |
A Small Thin Heart | |
Arturo Horton | |
There Is Something We Do Not Know | |
The Missing Exhibit | |
PART | |
Long Arthur | |
Unwholesome Meat for Sale | |
The Chimerical Osprey | |
The Ordeal He Has to Go Through | |
Where Is Arthur Orton? | |
And Hast Thou Slain the Waggawock? | |
A King Among the Rough Class | |
Inspector Dennings Circus | |
Not a Bed of Roses | |
Never Surprised at Anything | |
He Must Be Somebody | |
PART FOUR | |
Not One Has Turned Against | |
Thomas CastroUnder Protest | |
The Parramatta Lunatic | |
No Other Person | |
Acknowledgments | |
Illustrations | |
Other editions - View all
The Man Who Lost Himself: the Unbelievable Story of the Tichborne Claimant Robyn Annear No preview available - 2011 |
The Man Who Lost Himself: The Unbelievable Story of the Tichborne Claimant Robyn Annear No preview available - 2002 |
The Man who Lost Himself: The Unbelievable Story of the Tichborne Claimant Robyn Annear No preview available - 2003 |
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