The Dark Mystery of Princess Caraboo

About this episode

The episode explores the story of a fake princess who deceived Georgian Britain, celebrating Maddy's new book on the subject.

Today we are celebrating the upcoming publication of Maddy's new book 'Hoax: Truth and Lies in the Age of Enlightenment' by sharing one of the stories from it. This is the story of a fake Princess from far-off lands who hoaxed Georgian Britain. What was the truth of her story? Get your copy here: https://profilebooks.com/work/hoax/ Edited by Hannah Feodorov and Anna Brant. Produced by Tomos Delargy. Senior Producer is Freddy Chick. For tickets to see Anthony and Maddy talking about her new book, Hoax, click here: https://www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/event/hoax/ Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   You can take part in our listener survey here . All music from Epidemic Sounds. After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal is a History Hit podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• hoaxes
• Georgian Britain
• Enlightenment
• history
• culture

Keywords

• Princess Caraboo
• hoax
• Georgian Britain
• Maddy
• Enlightenment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: History Hit, Epidemic Sounds, Acast, Conway Hall

Books & works: Hoax: Truth and Lies in the Age of Enlightenment

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