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Theodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica
The Man Behind the Legend
Buch von Julia Gasper
Sprache: Englisch

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"A visionary and a madman" was how one British statesman, Lord Carteret, described Theodore von Neuhoff. This exciting biography, Theodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica: The Man behind the Legend by Julia Gasper, traces the unlikely career of the German baron who in 1736 had himself proclaimed and crowned King of Corsica.
"A visionary and a madman" was how one British statesman, Lord Carteret, described Theodore von Neuhoff. This exciting biography, Theodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica: The Man behind the Legend by Julia Gasper, traces the unlikely career of the German baron who in 1736 had himself proclaimed and crowned King of Corsica.
Über den Autor
Julia Gasper got her doctorate in English Literature at Somerville College, Oxford. Her first book, The Dragon and the Dove: The Plays of Thomas Dekker, was published by Oxford University Press in the Oxford English Monographs series (1990). She is the translator and editor of the Modern Philosopher and Other Works by Elizabeth Craven (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2017), a collection of three texts including Letters to Her Son. Her other recent books include Theodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica: The Man Behind the Legend (University of Delaware Press USA, 2012) and The Marquis d'Argens: A Philosophical Life (Lexington Books USA, 2014), a critical biography of the French Enlightenment author and philosopher. She has taught for Stanford University in Oxford, the Open University, and the University of Surrey at Roehampton.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Sarsfield Family Tree
Neuhoff Family Tree
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Something to Hide
2. A Promising Young Officer
3. Spain and Marriage
4. Neuhoff's Missing Years, 1721-1733
5. 1733-1735: A Rebellion and a Plan
6. A Brilliant Campaign
7. The Murder of Fabiani and After
8. 1737-1739, Monarch on the Run
9. 1740-1748,Receding Hopes
10. 1749-1756, The Baron Bounces Back
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781611494402
ISBN-10: 1611494400
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Gasper, Julia
Hersteller: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 235 x 157 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Julia Gasper
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.11.2012
Gewicht: 0,659 kg
Artikel-ID: 106344252
Über den Autor
Julia Gasper got her doctorate in English Literature at Somerville College, Oxford. Her first book, The Dragon and the Dove: The Plays of Thomas Dekker, was published by Oxford University Press in the Oxford English Monographs series (1990). She is the translator and editor of the Modern Philosopher and Other Works by Elizabeth Craven (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2017), a collection of three texts including Letters to Her Son. Her other recent books include Theodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica: The Man Behind the Legend (University of Delaware Press USA, 2012) and The Marquis d'Argens: A Philosophical Life (Lexington Books USA, 2014), a critical biography of the French Enlightenment author and philosopher. She has taught for Stanford University in Oxford, the Open University, and the University of Surrey at Roehampton.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Sarsfield Family Tree
Neuhoff Family Tree
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Something to Hide
2. A Promising Young Officer
3. Spain and Marriage
4. Neuhoff's Missing Years, 1721-1733
5. 1733-1735: A Rebellion and a Plan
6. A Brilliant Campaign
7. The Murder of Fabiani and After
8. 1737-1739, Monarch on the Run
9. 1740-1748,Receding Hopes
10. 1749-1756, The Baron Bounces Back
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781611494402
ISBN-10: 1611494400
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Gasper, Julia
Hersteller: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 235 x 157 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Julia Gasper
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.11.2012
Gewicht: 0,659 kg
Artikel-ID: 106344252
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