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1 online resource (313 pages) |
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Something to Hide; 2 A Promising Young Officer; 3 Spain and Marriage; 4 Neuhoff's Missing Years, 1721-1733; 5 A Rebellion and a Plan, 1733-1735; 6 A Brilliant Campaign; 7 The Murder of Fabiani and After; 8 Monarch on the Run, 1737-1739; 9 Receding Hopes, 1740-1748; 10 The Baron Bounces Back, 1749-1756; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756.
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Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756 |
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Kings and rulers
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Politics and government
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Corsica (France) -- History -- 18th century.
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Corsica (France) -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
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Corsica (France) -- Politics and government -- 18th century
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France -- Corsica
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781611494419 |
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1611494419 |
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