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The Fortune Hunter: A German Prince in Regency England
Peter James Bowman
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Description for The Fortune Hunter: A German Prince in Regency England
Paperback. Compelling story of Prince Puckler-Muskau's matrimonial tour of England told for the first time Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
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 Puckler-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 to bankrupting him. To save his legacy his wife Lucie devised an unusual plan: they would divorce so that Puckler could marry an ... Read more
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 Puckler-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 to bankrupting him. To save his legacy his wife Lucie devised an unusual plan: they would divorce so that Puckler could marry an ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909930032
SKU
V9781909930032
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About Peter James Bowman
PETER JAMES BOWMAN studied Modern Languages at Oxford University and completed a PhD on the German novelist Theodor Fontane at Cambridge University. A translator and independent scholar, he lives in Ely, Cambridgeshire.
Reviews for The Fortune Hunter: A German Prince in Regency England
An entertaining story intelligently and fluently retold. - TLS [A] sprightly and engaging book of more than anecdotal interest. - Spectator Bowman has trawled deep in the archives to brush the dust off Prince Pueckler's portrait and restore him to us as a man of singular charm, culture and good humour... Bowman, a scrupulous ... Read more