The Man Who Lost Himself: the Unbelievable Story of the Tichborne Claimant

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Text Publishing, Dec 16, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 448 pages
When 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

Cast of characters
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Maps PART
Tom Castro of Wagga Wagga
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
Bibliography
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About the author (2011)

Robyn Annear was born in Melbourne in 1960. She spends her time writing and researching, typing for other people and looking after her family. She is also a part-time bookseller and President of the Friends of the Castlemaine Library. Her books include Nothing But Gold, The Man Who Lost Himself and Bearbrass.

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