Pretender (disambiguation)

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A Pretender is a claimant to an abolished throne. In English, the term is commonly used for two notable claimants to the English throne:

• James Francis Edward Stuart, "The Old Pretender"
• Charles Edward Stuart, "The Young Pretender"

Pretender may also refer to:

In music:

• The Pretender (album), an album by Jackson Browne
  • "The Pretender" (Jackson Browne song), a song from the album
• "The Pretender" (song), a song by the Foo Fighters

In film and television:

• The Pretender (film), a 1947 American crime film
• The Pretender (TV series), an American television series
  • The Pretender 2001, a January 2001 TV movie based on the series
  • The Pretender: Island of the Haunted, a December 2001 TV movie based on the series

In literature:

• Pretender (novel), a novel by C. J. Cherryh
• The Pretender (Animorphs), a novel by K. A. Applegate
• The Pretender: A Story of the Latin Quarter, a novel by Robert W. Service

[edit] See also

• Pretenders (disambiguation)
• The Great Pretender (disambiguation)