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Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This two-volume Autobiography by Cornelia Knight (1757–1837), Lady Companion to Princess Charlotte, was compiled by Sir John Kaye and published in 1861. Volume 1 describes her childhood, time spent in Italy with Sir William and Lady Hamilton, and the events which led to Knight's dismissal by the Prince Regent. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.
