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Prince of forgers

Title: Prince of forgers / Henri Léonard Bordier [translated by] Joseph Rosenblum.
Author: Bordier, Henri Léonard, 1817-1888.
Publication: New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 1998.

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Description

xiii, 202 p. : ill., facsims.; 24 cm.

Summary

Prince of Forgers is the true story about one of history's most audacious frauds and of the trial that exposed the most colossal literary crime ever perpetrated on learned men. Vrain-Denis Lucas was a self-educated peasant who shook the foundations of the French Academy of Sciences. As a patriot and lover of history, Lucas created over 27,000 forgeries and tried to change the course of French destiny. After fifteen years of scholarly but spurious activity, Lucas' recklessness and disdain for credibility reached new heights as he began writing autographed letters by Mary Magdalene, Cleopatra, and Alexander the Great, in modern French, and selling them for thousands of francs. Professor Rosenblum's long-awaited translation of this French forgery classic is a must-read for any collector interested in the darker side of literary history.

Uniform Title

Fabrique de faux autographes, ou, Récit de l'affaire Vrain Lucas. English

Alternative Title

Fabrique de faux autographes, ou, Récit de l'affaire Vrain Lucas.

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Genre/Form

Trials, litigation, etc.

Note

Translation of Une fabrique de faux autographies, ou, Recit de l'affaire Vrain Lucas / par Henri Bordier et Emile Mabille.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

1884718515
9781884718519

LCCN

98014515

OCLC

ocm38519120
38519120
SCSB-379414

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library