THE ULTIMATE BOOK OF IMPOSTORS: SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM

Book ID/图书代码： 00530016B90021

English Summary/英文概要： The Ultimate Book of Impostors tells the stories of the boldest and most notorious impostors of the past 500 years. There are fraudulent claimants to thrones and titles, fantasists, fake natives, criminals and women who lived as men. They are extraordinary characters who led equally extraordinary lives. Princess Caraboo and George Psalmanazar claimed to be visitors from the exotic East at a time when few people travelled further than the next town. Jack Williams served as a Union soldier during the American Civil War, but ‘he’ was actually a woman. John List evaded arrest for 18 years after killing his family by starting a new life with a false identitiy. General George MacGregor pretended to be the chief of a remote island nation, which he persuaded people to invest in, but it didn’t exist.

Serial impostors such as Frédéric Bourdin and Michael Sabo adopted dozens of false identities. A 27-strong Israeli Mossad hit-team stole the identities of real people to get close to their target without raising suspicions. Despite the risk of detection, impostors continue to ply their fraudulent trade today. Veterans’ associations regularly unmask bogus war heroes and the authorities face a continuing struggle to detect bogus doctors, pilots and other professionals. Are you sure your partner, friend or workmate really is the person you think he or she is?

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《冒名顶替者大全》讲述了过去500年里最狂妄、最臭名昭著的冒名顶替者，其中包括骗取王位和头衔的冒牌货、“吹牛大王”、罪犯和女扮男装者。这些特别的人物过着同样特别的生活。例如，Princess Caraboo 和 George Psalmanazar自称来自遥远的东方，而当时人们目光狭隘，几乎没几个人有机会走出自己的村落。再比如，Jack Williams曾在美国内战时期效力于联盟军，但“他”其实是一个女人！

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诸如Frédéric Bourdin和Michael Sabo之类的连续冒名顶替者曾拥有10几个虚假身份。冒着被发现的风险，冒名顶替者今天仍旧继续着他们的欺骗勾当。退伍军人协会经常发现假冒的战争英雄，当局也面临着侦查识别假冒医生、飞行员及其他专业人士的困境。你能确定你身边的伙伴、朋友或同事真的是你认识的那个人吗？(LYR)

Awards/获奖情况：犯罪类作品爱好者一定会喜欢这本写得很棒的书，而且一旦开始阅读，便会觉得津津有味、欲罢不能。这本书应当列入每家公共图书馆的犯罪类书籍中，极力推荐——图书馆杂志

"True crime buffs will enjoy this well-written book and will find it almost impossible to put down once they start. This work should be in every public library’s true crime section; highly recommended."--Library Journal

About the Author/作者介绍： Ian Graham 1953年出生于贝尔法斯特。在伦敦城市大学获得应用物理学学位及新闻学博士学位后，他开始为一系列电子期刊担任撰稿人兼编辑。三年后，他成为自由撰稿人，开始撰写儿童非小说类作品。他已经发表了230余部作品，内容涉及方方面面，包括宇宙探索、机器人、军事科技、工程学及科普知识等。

Ian Graham was born in Belfast in 1953. After taking a degree in applied physics and a postgraduate diploma in journalism at City University, London, he went to work as a writer and editor for a group of electronics, computer and video magazines in London. After three years, he went freelance and has been writing mainly children’s illustrated non-fiction books ever since then. He has had more than 230 books published on a wide range of topics, including space exploration, aircraft, forensic science, robots, military technology, transport, engineering and general science.

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