Fortune Hunter
«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.»
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. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Signal Books Ltd
- ISBN
- 9781908493293
- Utgivelsesår
- 2011
Anmeldelser
«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.»