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  1. Aug 28, 2023 · Her new novel, “The Fraud,” is based on a celebrated 19th-century criminal trial, but it keeps one eye focused clearly on today’s political populism.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_FraudThe Fraud - Wikipedia

    The Fraud is a historical novel based on the Tichborne case written by Zadie Smith and published by Penguin in 2023.

  3. Sep 5, 2023 · Zadie Smith on the problem of the good white woman. The Fraud, a Victorian novel for the post-Trump era, is elegant, flawed, and sharp as a knife. by Constance Grady. Sep 5, 2023, 5:00 AM PDT.

  4. Sep 5, 2023 · The Fraud is a novel by Zadie Smith that explores the themes of truth and fiction, Jamaica and Britain, and the mystery of 'other people' through three intertwined stories. One story follows Eliza Touchet, a Scottish housekeeper and cousin of a novelist, who suspects her cousin of being a fraud; another story follows Andrew Bogle, a former slave who testifies in the Tichborne trial, a famous case of imposture; and the third story follows the trial itself.

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  5. Aug 31, 2023 · The Fraud is Smiths first historical novel, taking as its inspiration a trial that commanded public attention and provoked riots in the street: that of Arthur Orton aka Roger Tichborne...

  6. www.harvardreview.org › book-review › the-fraudThe Fraud - Harvard Review

    Dec 7, 2023 · Both history and fiction hang in the balance. Through Eliza, the reader learns of the infamous Tichborne Trial, which unfolded over the 1860s and 1870s in Victorian England. The plaintiff, also known as the Claimant, purports to be one Sir Roger Tichborne, heir to a fortune.

  7. The Fraud is not a change for Smith, but a demonstration of how expansive her talents are.” — Los Angeles Times From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets to be believed