impostors and imposture

Mary Grey is pulled into her cousin's plot to claim a fortune and travels to England, where she claims to be the long-lost cousin of a successful businessman, but the deception is threatened by a shocking discovery that changes everything.

When young Mary Cooke becomes a servant at Whitwell Hall in 1911, she does not imagine how her life will be manipulated by her mistress, Amanda Whitwell, nor how their lives will be intertwined.

Lily arrives in Montreal as a mail-order bride only to be rejected by the man she is suppose to marry, but his brother takes pity on her and decides to marry her, and after her daughter is born, Lily abandons the family and leaves them with a diary explaining that she is not who they think she is.

Presents an English adaptation of the seventeenth-century French comedy in which Orgon, a wealthy Parisian, is duped into offering his fortune and his daughter's hand in marriage to Tartuffe, a swindler posing as a spiritual guide.

Recounts the violent end of the Romanov Dynasty and examines the claims of a young woman who, after a failed suicide attempt, told doctors she was Grand Duchess Anastasia, daughter of Nicolas II of Russia, who was supposedly killed with the rest of the royal family in 1918.

Tells the story of a self-styled prophet named Matthias and his followers in early nineteenth century New York, and the scandal that grew up around them.

An imposter cleric gets into the house of the wealthy Orgon, whom he fools into promising him his wealth, position, and his young daughter.

When young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places, each learns something about the other's very different station in life.

Tells the stories of ten explorers who made reportedly false claims about their pioneering achievements, including Admiral Byrd, Robert Peary, and Dr. Cook; and examines the reasons why these men staged such elaborate hoaxes.