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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/publicdomainrev/statuses/116114938864172573">The Public Domain Review (publicdomainrev@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Feb-2026 00:16:01 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev" title="publicdomainrev@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/56169-48-20221207020954.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="The Public Domain Review" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">The Public Domain Review</a></section><article><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SundayReads" rel="tag">#SundayReads</a>: Jennifer Manoukian recovers the cunning exploits of a forgotten 19th-century conman, whose initially honorable intentions quickly escalated into all-out fraud: <a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/a-princely-ploy" rel="nofollow">https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/a-princely-ploy</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6177102#notice-12172002">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-02-23T00:16:01+09:00" title="Monday, 23-Feb-2026 00:16:01 JST">about 6 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev/116114938864172573" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev/116114938864172573">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/5823179">Untitled attachment</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/114/938/815/618/036/original/f77cec71f1b40ecf.jpg" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/114/938/815/618/036/original/f77cec71f1b40ecf.jpg</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: pdr-assets.b-cdn.net</div><h5><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/a-princely-ploy">A Princely Ploy: Inside the Ruse of a French-Armenian Scammer</a></h5><div></div></header><div>After proclaiming himself the direct descendant of a 12th-century Crusader king, the Armenian priest and educator Ambroise Calfa hit upon an ignoble scheme: grant knighthood to anyone willing to pay. Jennifer Manoukian recovers the cunning exploits of this forgotten 19th-century conman, whose initially honorable intentions quickly escalated into all-out fraud.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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  A Princely Ploy: Inside the Ruse of a French-Armenian Scammer
  After proclaiming himself the direct descendant of a 12th-century Crusader king, the Armenian priest and educator Ambroise Calfa hit upon an ignoble scheme: grant knighthood to anyone willing to pay. Jennifer Manoukian recovers the cunning exploits of this forgotten 19th-century conman, whose initially honorable intentions quickly escalated into all-out fraud.