02978nam 2200613 a 450 991078973720332120230725032433.01-283-41182-297866134118221-908493-29-1(CKB)2670000000133602(EBL)831787(OCoLC)769344455(SSID)ssj0000590489(PQKBManifestationID)11398990(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000590489(PQKBWorkID)10670061(PQKB)11663241(MiAaPQ)EBC831787(Au-PeEL)EBL831787(CaPaEBR)ebr10528075(CaONFJC)MIL341182(EXLCZ)99267000000013360220100623d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe fortune hunter[electronic resource] a German prince in Regency England /by Peter James Bowman[England] Andrews UK20111 online resource (258 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-904955-71-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-218) and index.Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Quote; Dedication; Acknowledgements; The Fortune Hunter; Prologue; Sunday's Child; To England: The Jolly Marchioness; Marriage and Divorce; To England Again; Park-Hunting; Brighton and Miss Gibbings; The London Season; Four Good Prospects; Capital of the World; The Bonhams of Titness Park; The Jeweler's Daughter; Fading Hopes; Surprised by Love; Napoleon's Niece; Success After All; A European Personality; Epilogue; End Matter; Appendix; Foreign Marriages; Extracts From Briefe Eines Verstorbenen; Other TestimoniesNotes on Sources Bibliography; List OF IllustrationsThe 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 Pückler-Muskau (1785-1871), remembered today as Germany's finest landscape gardener. In the mid-1820's, however, his efforts to turn his estate into a magnificent park came close t...Fortune huntersGermanyBiographyFortune huntersEnglandBiographyGreat BritainHistory19th centuryGreat BritainIntellectual life19th centuryGreat BritainForeign relations1837-1901Fortune huntersFortune hunters942.074Bowman Peter James1483760MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789737203321The fortune hunter3702052UNINA