The Claimant. The Extraordinary Story Of The Australian Butcher Who Said He Was A Baronet

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Echo
Publisher Place: Richmond
Publisher Year: 2016
Edition: First Edition

Description: 292 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: In 1866, Thomas Castro, a fat butcher from the bush town of Wagga Wagga set the English-speaking world into a frenzy when he claimed to be the missing English nobleman, Sir Roger Tichborne, the baronet of Tichborne Park . It seemed too ridiculous to be true - yet dozens of people who knew Roger, including his mother, accepted the fat man as the real baronet of one of Englands oldest families.Now known only as the Claimant, he became the centre of the two longest-running trials in English history. In the process, the Claimant became the best known man in England. He sparked a powerful political movement, sent world media into overdrive and inspired a global souvenir industry on a scale never seen before.The Claimants story was one of intrigue, deception, betrayal and conflict. It sparked a class war, impugned a ladys honour and even delivered the crushing finale to a 900-year-old medieval curse.When he died at the end of a lifetime of notoriety, the Tichborne family allowed him to be buried in a casket marked with Roger Tichbornes name. However, it was only after his death that an intriguing document emerged, claiming to shed light on a fine familys dark secret and providing a new theory on the real identity of the butcher who claimed to be a baronet. Who was he really - a baronet or a butcherPaul Terry is a journalist who has worked in newspapers, television, radio and on-line news for 30 years.

ISBN: 9781760403621