Beware of counterfeits
Dror Wahrman: 18th-century fakery, 6 June 2002
The Perreaus and Mrs Rudd: Forgery and Betrayal in 18th-Century London
by Donna Andrew and Randall McGowen.
California, 346 pp., £24.95, November 2001,0 520 22062 5 Show More
by Donna Andrew and Randall McGowen.
California, 346 pp., £24.95, November 2001,
The Smart: The True Story of Margaret Caroline Rudd and the Unfortunate Perreau Brothers
by Sarah Bakewell.
Chatto, 321 pp., £17.99, April 2001,9780701171094 Show More
by Sarah Bakewell.
Chatto, 321 pp., £17.99, April 2001,
“... being played by Barbara Stanwyck or Joan Crawford. (Or, judging from the picture on the cover of Sarah Bakewell’s book, Veronica Lake. Except that it isn’t of Mrs Rudd – a publishing imposture to follow on the heels of so many other impostures in this story.) The supporting characters include a tight-fisted, thin-skinned and ill-tempered admiral ... ”
