MARIA See also:

• MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
• MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
• MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
• MARIA MONK (c. 1817—1850)

MONK (c. 1817—1850)  , an adventuress and impostor, who, coming to New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York in 1835, claimed to have escaped from the See also:

• MONTREAL

Montreal nunnery of the Hotel Dieu, concerning which, and the practices prevalent there, she circulated sensational charges in Awful Disclosures by Maria See also:

• MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
• MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
• MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
• MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)

Monk (1836) . Over 200,000 copies of this See also:

• BOOK

book and a sequel were sold, and a violent See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic agitation resulted . She was finally exposed as a woman of See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, and her See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story proved to be absolutely false, but not until she had deceived many See also:

• PEOPLE

people of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• STANDING

standing .