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Romantic Liars

Obscure Women Who Became Impostors and Challenged an Empire

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  • © 2006

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  1. Debbie Lee
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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Crossings

    • Debbie Lee
    Pages 1-20

  3. The Goddess and the Anorexic

    • Debbie Lee
    Pages 21-78

  4. The Gentleman, the Witch, and the Beauty

    • Debbie Lee
    Pages 79-137

  5. The Governor and the Princess

    • Debbie Lee
    Pages 139-199

  6. Afterword

    • Debbie Lee
    Pages 201-203

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 205-249
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About this book

Lee unfolds the stories of six women with a cast of supporting characters such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Benjamin Franklin, Stamford Raffles and Napoleon against the grand narrative of England's 18th century empire building. This book is a meticulously researched, spellbinding tale of tragedy, transformation and triumph in the age of reason.

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'The stories told by Debbie Lee in Romatic Liars - of women who led fake lives and fooled a great many people - are extraordinary.' - Sharon Ruston, Times Literary Supplement

About the author

DEBBIE LEE is Assistant Professor of English, Washington State University, USA.

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