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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 takes Knight's story up to the crisis of 1814, and Volume 2 describes her later life in the court circles of Europe.
Contents
Volume 1Montpellier; 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. Volume 2: 1. Miss Knight's narrative of events attending the rupture of the Orange marriage; 2. The Princess's birthday; 3. Preparations for war; 4. Rejoicings for Waterloo; 5. France revisited; 6. Return to England; 7. Society in Paris; 8. Departure from Louisburg; 9. Paris and London; 10. Genoa; 11. Anecdotes; Extracts from Miss Knight's journals: Rome and Naples, 1781-8; Windsor, 1805-12; Extracts from Miss Knight's anecdote books; Appendix.
