Context:

This is the main book being discussed in the podcast. Tom mentions he read it after Zadie mentioned she was writing about the Tichborne claimant. Described as a 'brilliant novel' that weaves the facts of the Tichborne case with meditations on fiction, race, and empire.

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Mentioned in comparison to the lengthy court case, with reference to 'Jandice and Jandice' (Jarndyce and Jarndyce). The hosts ask if Dickens had already written Bleak House at this point, noting it was published about 20 years before the Tichborne trial.

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Mentioned as a book written by the eccentric Irish barrister Edward Keneally, who defended the claimant. In it, Keneally claimed he was the 12th messenger of God, descended from Jesus and Genghis Khan.