Show Notes
Princess Caraboo becomes Mary Baker once again.
Behind the exotic language, the pirate kidnapping, and the faraway island was a poor young woman with a far more painful story.
As the truth of Mary’s life comes into focus, her famous deception begins to look less like a clever prank and more like a desperate attempt to escape the world she was born into.
One massive question remains: how will her once loyal patron Mrs. Worrall punish her humiliating deception? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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