Bram Stoker – Practitioners of Magic Paracelsus
Paracelsus : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Practitioners of Magic Paracelsus by Bram Stoker Paracelsus I feel that I ought to begin this record with an apology to the manes of a great and fearless scholar, as earnest as he was honest, as open-minded as he was great-hearted. I do so because […]
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Bram Stoker – Pretender Princess Olive
Princess Olive : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Pretender Princess Olive by Bram Stoker Princess Olive The story of Mrs. Olive Serres, as nature made it, was one thing; it was quite another as she made it for herself. The result, before the story was completely told, was a third; and, compared […]
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Bram Stoker – Pretender The False Dauphins
The False Dauphins : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Pretender The False Dauphins by Bram Stoker The False Dauphins On 21 January, 1793, Louis XVI of France was beheaded in the Place de la Revolution, formerly Place de Louis Quinze. From the moment his head fell, his only son the Dauphin became […]
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Bram Stoker – Pretender Stephan Mali The False Czar
Stephan Mali The False Czar : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Pretender Stephan Mali The False Czar by Bram Stoker Stephan Mali The False Czar Stefan Mali (Stephen the Little) was an impostor who passed himself off in Montenegro as the Czar Peter III of Russia, who was supposed to have been […]
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Bram Stoker – Pretender The Hidden King
The Hidden King : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Pretender The Hidden King by Bram Stoker The Hidden King The personality, nature and life of Sebastian, King of Portugal, lent themselves to the strange structure of events which followed his strenuous and somewhat eccentric and stormy life. He was born in 1554, […]
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Bram Stoker – Pretender Perkin Warbeck
Perkin Warbeck : Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker Famous Impostors : Pretender Perkin Warbeck by Bram Stoker Perkin Warbeck Richard III literally carved his way to the throne of England. It would hardly be an exaggeration to say that he waded to it through blood. Amongst those who suffered for his unscrupulous ambition were George […]
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Bram Stoker – The Way of Peace
The Way of Peace : by Bram Stoker The Way of Peace by Bram Stoker A story of quite a Irish humour and tenderness, about the happiest couple in the country, and the secret of it. The Way of Peace I knew both Michael Hennessey and his wife Katty, though under the local pronunciation of […]
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Bram Stoker – The Lady of the Shroud
The Lady of the Shroud by Bram Stoker The Lady of the Shroud by Bram Stoker The Lady of the Shroud Contents The Lady of the Shroud : From “The Journal Of Occultism” Mid-January, 1907 The Lady of the Shroud : Book I The Will Of Roger Melton The Lady of the Shroud : Book […]
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Bram Stoker – Snowbound : The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party
Snowbound – The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party by Bram Stoker Snowbound – The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party by Bram Stoker Snowbound Preface The Truth – or rather Accuracy – of these Stories may be accepted or not as the Reader pleases. They are given as Fiction. BRAM STOKER Snowbound – The […]
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Bram Stoker – The Occasion
The Occasion : Snowbound – The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party by Bram Stoker The Occasion by Bram Stoker The Occasion For a little while the train seemed to stumble along amongst the snowdrifts. Every now and again there would be a sudden access of speed as a drift was cleared, just as in […]
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Bram Stoker – A Lesson in Pets
A Lesson in Pets : Snowbound – The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party by Bram Stoker A Lesson in Pets by Bram Stoker A Lesson in Pets ‘Once before, I spent some time with the Company in a saloon which was not altogether ideal. ‘Oh, do tell us about it,’ said the Leading Lady. […]
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Bram Stoker – Coggins’s Property
Coggins’s Property : Snowbound – The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party by Bram Stoker Coggins’s Property by Bram Stoker Coggins’s Property ‘When I was in “Her Grace the Blanchisseuse”, I had just gone on the stage and played a lot of little parts of a line or two. Sometimes I was a body without […]
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