CONTENTS TO VOL. I.
CHAPTER I.
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| Parentage of Miss Knight—Anecdotes of her Father—Her early Days—Education—Society—Sir Joshua Reynolds—Burke—Goldsmith—Baretti—Anecdote of Dr. Johnson—Death of Admiral Knight | [1] |
CHAPTER II.
| Paris—Lalande and Boscovich—Toulouse—Archbishop de Brienne—His Character and Conduct—The Emperor Joseph II.—Floral Games—A Philosophical Knight of Malta | [23] |
CHAPTER III.
| Montpellier—The Archbishop of Narbonne—Liberal Views of Commercial Policy—Society at Montpellier—Departure for Italy | [34] |
CHAPTER IV.
| Rome—Cardinal de Bernis—Roman Society—Roman Morals—Anecdotes of Cardinal de Bernis, M. de Choiseul, the Duc de Crillon, and others | [49] |
CHAPTER V.
| Residence at Rome—Ceremony at St. Peter’s—Midsummer Madness—Anecdote of M. Clermont—The Ambassador and the Actress—Pope Ganganelli | [61] |
CHAPTER VI.
| Naples—The King and Queen—Nismes—Vienne—The Embassy from Tippoo Sahib—Genoa—Rome—The Revolution and the Papacy—Arrival of the French Troops | [91] |
CHAPTER VII.
| Sir William Hamilton—Expected Arrival of a British Squadron—State of Feeling at Naples—The King and Queen—Arrival of Nelson—His Reception—Excitement at Naples | [105] |
CHAPTER VIII.
| Palermo and the Sicilians—Events at Naples—Death of Lady Knight—The Hamiltons and Lord Nelson—Execution of Caraccioli—Arrival of Sir Arthur Paget—Departure for Malta | [132] |
CHAPTER IX.
| Departure from Palermo—Leghorn—Journey homewards—Alfieri—Haydn—Klopstock—Reception of Nelson—England—Society there—Lord and Lady Nelson | [146] |
CHAPTER X.
| Society in England—Elizabeth Carter—Arrangements at Court—Miss Knight enters the Queen’s Service—State of the King’s Health—Death of the Princess Amelia | [164] |
CHAPTER XI.
| State of the Court—The Regency—Princess of Wales—Princess Charlotte—Arrangements for the Education of the Princess—Miss Knight becomes Lady Companion | [179] |
CHAPTER XII.
| Life at Warwick House—A Royal Dinner-party—Princess Charlotte’s Companions—Dinner at the Duke of York’s—Ball at Carlton House—Treatment of the Princess Charlotte | [199] |
CHAPTER XIII.
| The Letter in the Morning Chronicle—The Prince and Princess of Wales—Painful Position of the Princess Charlotte—Father and Daughter—The Princess in Retirement—The Delicate Investigation—Behaviour of the Princess Charlotte | [216] |
CHAPTER XIV.
| Life at Warwick House—The Princess Charlotte’s Establishment—Her Wardrobe—The Duchess d’Angoulême—A Dinner at Carlton House—The Duke of Gloucester—The Duke of Devonshire | [231] |
CHAPTER XV.
| Festivities at Carlton House—Complaints and Accusations—Letter to Lady Liverpool—Visit to Sandhurst—Arrival of the Prince of Orange—A Suitor for the Princess Charlotte—Royal Match-Making—Letter to the Princess Charlotte | [244] |
CHAPTER XVI.
| Return to Warwick House—The Prince of Orange—Manœuvring—The Princess Charlotte Betrothed—Feelings of the Princess—The Great Frost | [263] |
CHAPTER XVII.
| The Great Frost—Domestic Amusements of the Princess Charlotte—Projected Marriage with the Prince of Orange—The Question of Residence—Anxieties of the Princess—Tortuous Negotiations | [272] |
CHAPTER XVIII.
| The Allied Sovereigns—Rupture with the Prince of Orange—Prince Leopold—Family Scenes—Letter of the Princess Charlotte—Her Escape from Warwick House—Scene at Carlton House—The Princess in Durance | [295] |
| FOOTNOTES. | [342] |