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The Tichborne Claimant (Hardcover)
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The Tichborne Claimant (Hardcover)
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It was called the 'Tichborne Romance' and it became the greatest
cause-celebre of the Victorian age. In 1865, a butcher from Wagga
Wagga in Australia proclaimed himself to be the English aristocrat,
Sir Roger Tichborne, thought to have died at sea many years before.
He fetched up in England and insisted on the restoration of the
Tichborne inheritance. Some believed him (including many who had
known Roger Tichborne) even though he looked nothing like the
original. Others insisted that the butcher was an impostor. The
Tichborne Claimant's appearance triggered two of the longest trials
in English legal history and divided the nation. The public was
fascinated by the lurid revelations from the courtroom about
seduction, corruption and intrigue amongst both Britain's elite and
in the back streets of London. The Claimant became a hero to the
working class who insisted that he was genuine and backed a bizarre
campaign to support him. An MP was even elected to parliament on
the back of the Tichborne cause, which became one of the largest
popular agitations of the modern era. Was the Claimant a butcher or
a baronet? Rohan McWilliam employs this colourful and sensational
story to explore the mentality of the Victorians. From the
Australian Bush to the pubs and music halls of London's East End,
the book reconstructs the flamboyant exploits of the Claimant and
the stories he told about himself. McWilliam recreates the
extraordinary personalities that the Claimant attracted including
his barrister, Edward Kenealy (an Irish lawyer who saw himself as a
religious prophet), the spiritualist Georgina Weldon and the
swashbuckling demagogue John De Morgan. In this multi-layered
cultural history, McWilliam investigates the case by exploring
radical politics, legal London, popular souvenirs, Staffordshire
figurines, street music, comedy and melodrama. The book makes the
case for seeing the Tichborne cause as an unlikely but vital moment
in Britain's political and social development.
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