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The Fortune Hunter : a German Prince in Regency England.

The two decades after Waterloo marked the great age of foreign fortune hunters in England. Each year brought a new influx of impecunious Continental noblemen to the world's richest country, and the more brides they carried off, the more alarmed society became. The most colourful of these men wa...

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Основен автор: Bowman, Peter James.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Luton : Andrews UK, 2011.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=415985
Подобни документи: Print version:: Fortune Hunter : A German Prince in Regency England.
Резюме: The two decades after Waterloo marked the great age of foreign fortune hunters in England. Each year brought a new influx of impecunious Continental noblemen to the world's richest country, and the more brides they carried off, the more alarmed society became. The most colourful of these men was Prince Hermann von Pu˜ckler-Muskau (1785-1871), remembered today as Germany's finest landscape gardener. In the mid-1820s, however, his efforts to turn his estate into a magnificent park came close t ...
Физически характеристики: 1 online resource (258 pages)
Библиография: Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-218) and index.
ISBN: 9781908493293
1908493291
9781908493286
1908493283