She was born into poverty as an illegitimate daughter of a Scots farm servant in the 19th century.
But despite being illiterate and uneducated, Annie Gordon Baillie forged herself a career as one of the Victorian era's most notorious con women.
She swindled charities, businesses and aristocrats in elaborate schemes spanning the globe.
And her remarkable story has now been retold as part of BBC Sounds podcast and Radio Four programme, Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley.
Gordon Baillie's cons included trying to relocate Skye crofters to marshland near Melbourne, Australia, and even inventing fake charities.
