02341nam 2200541Ia 450 991081077130332120200520144314.01-283-84707-81-61149-441-9(CKB)2670000000279036(EBL)1076217(SSID)ssj0000757096(PQKBManifestationID)12318743(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000757096(PQKBWorkID)10753967(PQKB)10090610(MiAaPQ)EBC1076217(Au-PeEL)EBL1076217(CaPaEBR)ebr10627580(CaONFJC)MIL415957(OCoLC)854969467(EXLCZ)99267000000027903620120926d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTheodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica the man behind the legend /Julia GasperNewark University of Delaware Press20131 online resource (313 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61149-440-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; 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"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. Corsica (France)History18th centuryCorsica (France)Kings and rulersBiographyCorsica (France)Politics and government18th century943.05092Gasper Julia694713MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810771303321Theodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica3995478UNINA