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Great Aussie Cons | The Lady Imposter
Manage episode 505258109 series 2072829
Young Alexandrina Grant is an audacious liar.
Host Richard Roxburgh follows this clever and ambitious crook as she travels from the alleys of Aberdeen to a convict cell in Van Diemen's Land, then onto the streets of colonial Melbourne.
It's there that Alexandrina Askew emerges, transformed into a squatter’s wife, with a distinguished pedigree and connections.
But when her disguise is revealed, the newspapers pounce. And this notorious fraudster has serious questions to answer.
628 episodes
Manage episode 505258109 series 2072829
Young Alexandrina Grant is an audacious liar.
Host Richard Roxburgh follows this clever and ambitious crook as she travels from the alleys of Aberdeen to a convict cell in Van Diemen's Land, then onto the streets of colonial Melbourne.
It's there that Alexandrina Askew emerges, transformed into a squatter’s wife, with a distinguished pedigree and connections.
But when her disguise is revealed, the newspapers pounce. And this notorious fraudster has serious questions to answer.
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