This volume reveals Burney's struggles to adjust to the customs, rituals, and trials of a life of service in the Court of George III, a life she saw as analogous to entering a convent. It details year-long battles with her co-Keeper of the Robes, the imperious Elizabeth Schwellenberg, whose cruel behaviour Burney suffers in dignified silence, and with the Reverend Charles de Guiffardiere, the Queen's reader in French, whose interest in Burney seems to extend beyond admiration for her novels. Her respect, reverence, and affection for the Royal family grow as she comes to know them better, while her place at Court brings her into contact with some interesting company among the permanent courtiers, the changing equerries, and the occasional celebrity visitors. This edition restores details that were suppressed in previous editions, thereby providing greater insight into the vicissitudes of Burney's second year at Court.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780199262809
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109249338
Product Key Features
Author
Stewart Cooke
Publication Name
The Court Journals and Letters of Frances Burney: Volume II: 1787
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
218mm
Item Width
136mm
Item Weight
624g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Court Journals & Letters of Frances Burney 1786-1791
Topic
Literature, Books
Editor
Stewart Cooke
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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