Fanny Burney was a pioneering novelist and a valuable social commentator. Drawing on her diaries and letters, this book is a unique insight into the Court of King George III.

Faithful Handmaid: Fanny Burney at the Court of King George III

Biographies & Memoirs

DAVENPORT, Hester

Community & Culture

Sutton Pub Ltd

<p>Drawing on Fanny Burney's letters and journals of the time, Hester Davenport explores the events of King George III's Court, and Burney's place within it. She became Keeper of the Robes to Queen Charlotte in 1786 and was witness to many dramas, such as the assassination attempt on the King in the same year. During her time at court she records the King's "madness" and recovery, alongside other events, such as the time the King goes for a dip at Weymouth, the birthday procession of Princess Amelia, and the day that the courtiers share tea, brown bread and clotted cream together at Saltram House in Devon. We also share Burney's own life, as she is cruelly jilted by the equerry Stephen Digby. Her fame was already established as a novelist. The anonymously published "Evelina" had been a sensation, especially when the young author's identity was revealed, and was admired by Dr Johnson and other leading figures of the day. Her depiction of her time spent at court illustrates her position as a pioneering woman writer and a valuable social commentator.</p>

Historical

The History Press

Writers in Windsor

Literature & Fiction

Cell Mead Press

Regularly the subject of cartoonists and satirical novelists, Mary Robinson achieved public notoriety as the mistress of the young Prince of Wales (George IV). Her association with figures such as William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, and comparisons with Charlotte Smith, make her a serious figure for scholarly research.

The Works of Mary Robinson, Part II vol 5: Walsingham; or, The Pupil of Nature: A Domestic Story (1797)

Brewer, William D.

Shaffer, Julia A

History & Criticism

Routledge

The Works of Mary Robinson, Part II vol 6

Humor & Satire

The Works of Mary Robinson, Part II vol 7: The Natural Daughter. With Portraits of the Leadenhead Family. A Novel (1799) ‘Memoirs of Mrs Mary Robinson’ Letters

The Works of Mary Robinson, Part II vol 8

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