{"product_id":"autobiography-of-miss-cornelia-knight-lady-companion-to-the-princess-charlotte-of-wales-paperback-9781108044868","title":"Autobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight; Lady Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108044868","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\"\u003e9781108044868, 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\"\u003e364 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.46 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. In Volume 2, Knight continues her account of her dismissal, and a later meeting with the Princess, now happily married (though she was shortly to die in childbirth). Knight spent another twenty years in the court circles of Europe: an appendix gives further extracts from her journals and her 'anecdote book'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Miss Knight's narrative of events attending the rupture of the Orange marriage\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Princess's birthday\u003cbr\u003e 3. Preparations for war\u003cbr\u003e 4. Rejoicings for Waterloo\u003cbr\u003e 5. France revisited\u003cbr\u003e 6. Return to England\u003cbr\u003e 7. Society in Paris\u003cbr\u003e 8. Departure from Louisburg\u003cbr\u003e 9. Paris and London\u003cbr\u003e 10. Genoa\u003cbr\u003e 11. Anecdotes\u003cbr\u003e Extracts from Miss Knight's journals: Rome and Naples, 1781–98\u003cbr\u003e Windsor, 1805–12\u003cbr\u003e Extracts from Miss Knight's anecdote books\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":45913182142744,"sku":"9781108044868","price":29.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108044868i.jpg?v=1696746651","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/autobiography-of-miss-cornelia-knight-lady-companion-to-the-princess-charlotte-of-wales-paperback-9781108044868","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}