Theodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica
Julia Gasper
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Description for Theodore von Neuhoff, 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. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDFC; 1DFG; 3JF; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 628.
“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 crowned the King of Corsica. Theodore von Neuhoff’s career spanned the entire European continent and his role in the Corsican rebellion against Genoa was as bold and unconventional as everything else in his life. Mixing with royalty, rogues and rabble, he was successively a soldier, secret agent, Jacobite, speculator, alchemist, cabbalist, Rosicrucian, astrologer, fraudster, ... Read more
“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 crowned the King of Corsica. Theodore von Neuhoff’s career spanned the entire European continent and his role in the Corsican rebellion against Genoa was as bold and unconventional as everything else in his life. Mixing with royalty, rogues and rabble, he was successively a soldier, secret agent, Jacobite, speculator, alchemist, cabbalist, Rosicrucian, astrologer, fraudster, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Delaware, United States
ISBN
9781611494402
SKU
V9781611494402
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99-15
About Julia Gasper
Julia Gasper, PhD has taught for the Stanford University Programme in Oxford, the University of Roehampton, Surrey and St. Bonaventure University, NY. She is an editor of the Oxford University Press edition of the Plays of Thomas Middleton and a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. She has given several public talks and lectures on the subject of ... Read more
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