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Autobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight: Lady Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2.1 cm

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For history enthusiasts and royal biography lovers

Offers insight into royal life and personal struggles

You will discover a unique perspective on history's elite

This captivating autobiography reveals the life of Cornelia Knight, a remarkable woman who served as companion to Princess Charlotte of Wales.

This 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.
Autobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight: Lady Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales and I, Julian
I, JulianAutobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight: Lady Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales

  • Title

    Autobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight: Lady Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales

  • Author

    Ellis Cornelia Knight

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    February 2012

  • Weight

    464g

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9781108044851

  • ISBN-10

    1108044859

  • Eden Code

    5031417

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