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Title: The Royal Imposter

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Title: The Royal Imposter Title Record # 2395007
Author: Gerald Kersh
Date: 1947-05-03
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: Borderline speculative fiction concerning lifelike clockwork people.
Synopsis: A clockmaker becomes a courtier to King Nicolas III and accidentally causes the king's death. He then uses a clockwork automaton as a stand-in for the king.
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1948Borderline speculative fiction concerning lifelike clockwork people. First appearance as 'The King Who Collected Clocks' in Argosy (UK), March 1948.
The King Who Collected Clocks

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Saturday Evening Post, May 3, 1947 1947-05-03 ed. Editors of The Saturday Evening Post        
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