Buch, Englisch, 366 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 516 g
Lady Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales
Buch, Englisch, 366 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 516 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - History
ISBN: 978-1-108-04485-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
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.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
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Introduction; 1. Parentage of Miss Knight; 2. Paris; 3. Montpellier; 4. Rome; 5. Residence at Rome; 6. Naples; 7. Sir William Hamilton; 8. Palermo and the Sicilians; 9. Departure from Palermo; 10. Society in England; 11. State of the Court; 12. Life at Warwick House; 13. The letter in The Morning Chronicle; 14. Life at Warwick House; 15. Festivities at Carlton House; 16. Return to Warwick House; 17. The great frost; 18. The allied sovereigns; Appendix.
