The mysteries of sex : women who posed as men and men who impersonated women / by C.J.S. Thompson.

  • Charles Thompson
Date:
1938
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Credit: The mysteries of sex : women who posed as men and men who impersonated women / by C.J.S. Thompson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PART TWO MEN WHO IMPERSONATED WOMEN CHAPTER PAGE XIX. A Prince who Loved to Pose as a Woman . 161 XX. A Masquerading Abbe . . . .165 XXI. The Story of ‘ Mademoiselle Rosette ’ . 170 XXII. A Clerical Impersonator . . . .175 XXIII. A ‘Prince’ of Impersonators . . .179 XXIV. An Actress who proved to be a Man . 197 XXV. The Mystery of Jenny de Savalette de Lange 201 XXVI. The ‘Smiling Bandit Queen’ . . . 208 XXVII. The Mystery of the ‘ Night-Queen of Montmartre’ . . . . .211 PART THREE CLAIMANTS TO ROYAL AND OTHER TITLES XXVIII. A Royal Impersonator . . . .215 XXIX. Who was the Duchess Anne ? . . . 221 XXX. The ‘German Princess’ .... 228 XXXI. The Strange Story of Amelia, who claimed to be Countess of Derwentwater . 238 XXXII. The Pretended Earl of Wicklow . . 247 XXXIII. The Curious Case of Mrs. Ryves . .251
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