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Isabel Godin des Odonais
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This phony Asian royalty fooled rural England for some time - but the truth she was hiding was far darker.
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This unlikely heroine created her own Woman's Army of 70,000 soldiers through good manners and political savvy - and then used it to overthrow one of China's greatest douchebags.