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The Impostor Heiress

Cassie Chadwick, the Greatest Grifter of the Gilded Age

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The Impostor Heiress

Auteur(s): Annie Reed
Narrateur(s): Kate Udall
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Before there was Anna Delvey or Elizabeth Holmes, there was Cassie Chadwick. The first woman—using criminal cunning, some confidence, and a bit of charm—to bring down a federal agent, a bank, and a city's worth of men.

Cassie Chadwick, one of history's most successful con artists, was a master of the trade. She swept from town to town, assuming new identities and running new swindles at each railroad stop. In the dusk of the Gilded Age, years after the robber barons had amassed their fortunes, she was amassing her own.

Using her wits and a series of forged documents, Cassie convinced prominent men from Cleveland to New York City that she was Andrew Carnegie's illegitimate daughter. The con made her impossibly rich. The crash shattered banks and bankers alike. Her sensational trial drew the eyes of a nation that couldn't get enough of the woman, who newspapers called the Queen of Swindlers, the Duchess of Diamonds, the High Priestess of Fraudulent Finance.

Interspersing Cassie's crimes with stories of an unsuspecting Andrew Carnegie, author Annie Reed spins an enthralling tale of true crime. Could the rumors be true? Can Cassie's money last? Will she escape the electric chair?

©2024 Annie Reed (P)2024 Tantor Amériques Escrocs, canulars et tromperies Femmes Historique True Crime États-Unis Âge d’or Crime
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I found this biographic audiobook miscategorized in the fiction section. It's actually an historic true crime tale, which is a genre I tend to avoid like the plague. But I did end up listening to the whole thing and found the story quite compelling. I did not feel much of an emotional connection with its heroine but I'm not sure if that was the intended goal since the story is presented as an entirely unemotional series of facts. The narration is very smooth and easy to listen to.

An unemotional series of facts.

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