Dustjacket in very good condition, very slightly bumped at top of spine. Book in fine condition. xvi, 240pp. With 17 illustrations and 14 line drawings. For five years Fanny Burney, was Keeper of the Robes to Queen Charlotte, and on the 14th March 1789, she wrote in her diary that she shared the Courts happiness at the return of the King from 'madness.' She mentions the attempted assassination of the King, the trial of Warren Hastings and the King's 'terrible madness.' She also writes about the everyday life at Court, and about her personal life , in particular of her courtship and jilting by the Queen's Vice-Chamberlain, Stephen Digby, and her fame as a novelist.

HISTORY,  GEORGIAN  PERIOD,  KING  GEORGE  III,  QUEEN  CHARLOTTE,  ROYALTY,  COURT  ,  FANNY  BURNEY,  BIOGRAPHY