The Dark Mystery of Princess Caraboo
This episode introduces Maddy's upcoming book Hoax, centered on the bizarre and tragic story of Princess Caribou, a Regency-era woman who was hailed as an exotic royal before being exposed as an English vagrant named Mary Wilcox. The narrative explores how empire, mental illness, and so
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