The fortune hunter
Subtitle: a German prince in Regency England
By: Peter James Bowman
Publisher: Signal; Interlink Signal; Signal Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781904955719
Subjects: Fortune hunters; Biography; History; Intellectual life; Foreign relations
Description: This work recounts the colourful exploits of a German fortune hunter who came into contact with Sir Walter Scott, George Canning, Princess Lieven, John Nash, Beau Brummell, and Nathan Mayer Rothschild.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-218) and index.