{"product_id":"autobiography-of-miss-cornelia-knight-lady-companion-to-the-princess-charlotte-of-wales-paperback-9781108044851","title":"Autobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight; Lady Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108044851","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAutobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLady Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis two-volume Autobiography by Cornelia Knight (1757–1837), Lady Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales, was published in 1861.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEllis Cornelia Knight (Author), John William Kaye (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108044851, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 February 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e366 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.47 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis two-volume Autobiography by Cornelia Knight (1757–1837) was published in 1861. It was complied by the military historian Sir John Kaye from her journals and a memoir based on them, written late in life and remaining incomplete at her death. Cornelia Knight, the daughter of an admiral, was highly educated: she knew ten languages, was skilled at painting and drawing, and published novels and poetry. In 1813 she was appointed to the household of Princess Charlotte of Wales. In 1814, the Prince Regent dismissed all his daughter's attendants, and Knight returned to a life of literature and European travel. Volume 1 covers her childhood, time spent in Italy with Sir William and Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson, her appointment as companion to Princess Charlotte, the princess's refusal, in 1814, to marry the Prince of Orange, and the subsequent events which led to Knight's dismissal.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Parentage of Miss Knight\u003cbr\u003e 2. Paris\u003cbr\u003e 3. Montpellier\u003cbr\u003e 4. Rome\u003cbr\u003e 5. Residence at Rome\u003cbr\u003e 6. Naples\u003cbr\u003e 7. Sir William Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e 8. Palermo and the Sicilians\u003cbr\u003e 9. Departure from Palermo\u003cbr\u003e 10. Society in England\u003cbr\u003e 11. State of the Court\u003cbr\u003e 12. Life at Warwick House\u003cbr\u003e 13. The letter in The Morning Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e 14. Life at Warwick House\u003cbr\u003e 15. Festivities at Carlton House\u003cbr\u003e 16. Return to Warwick House\u003cbr\u003e 17. The great frost\u003cbr\u003e 18. The allied sovereigns\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266077806872,"sku":"9781108044851","price":33.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108044851i_078f492f-faf7-411f-84c6-89172d1a2cc0.jpg?v=1696746660","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/autobiography-of-miss-cornelia-knight-lady-companion-to-the-princess-charlotte-of-wales-paperback-9781108044851","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}