LEADER 02368nam 2200541Ia 450 001 9910786479103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-84707-8 010 $a1-61149-441-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000279036 035 $a(EBL)1076217 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000757096 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12318743 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000757096 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10753967 035 $a(PQKB)10090610 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1076217 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1076217 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10627580 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL415957 035 $a(OCoLC)854969467 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000279036 100 $a20120926d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTheodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica$b[electronic resource] $ethe man behind the legend /$fJulia Gasper 210 $aNewark $cUniversity of Delaware Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61149-440-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 330 $a"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. 607 $aCorsica (France)$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aCorsica (France)$xKings and rulers$vBiography 607 $aCorsica (France)$xPolitics and government$y18th century 676 $a943.05092 700 $aGasper$b Julia$0694713 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786479103321 996 $aTheodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica$93858178 997 $aUNINA