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Sir William Knighton: The Strange Career of a Regency Physician

Charlotte Frost

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Description:William Knighton is remembered as George IV’s mysterious and influential courtier, but his service at Court spanned little more than a decade and was a second career. For most of his working life he was a physician, a profession that enabled him to rise from farmer’s son to one of Regency London’s most fashionable and expensive obstetricians. Then, as he approached middle age, chance threw him a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show the world where his talents really lay. He seized it.Knighton’s entry into the royal household fuelled gossip among his contemporaries, and opinion remains divided about the means by which he achieved it. He appears in every history of politics and royalty in late Georgian England yet there has been only one other biography of him. Published in 1838, only two years after his death, it was circumspect about the most intriguing aspects of his royal duties, and was discreetly edited to protect the privacy of friends and family now long beyond the reach of unwelcome attention.Charlotte Frost has drawn on new material, diaries, letters and academic studies to provide a much-needed second biography about this decent but complex man. It contains colour illustrations, bibliography and index. We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sir William Knighton: The Strange Career of a Regency Physician. To get started finding Sir William Knighton: The Strange Career of a Regency Physician, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: William Knighton is remembered as George IV’s mysterious and influential courtier, but his service at Court spanned little more than a decade and was a second career. For most of his working life he was a physician, a profession that enabled him to rise from farmer’s son to one of Regency London’s most fashionable and expensive obstetricians. Then, as he approached middle age, chance threw him a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show the world where his talents really lay. He seized it.Knighton’s entry into the royal household fuelled gossip among his contemporaries, and opinion remains divided about the means by which he achieved it. He appears in every history of politics and royalty in late Georgian England yet there has been only one other biography of him. Published in 1838, only two years after his death, it was circumspect about the most intriguing aspects of his royal duties, and was discreetly edited to protect the privacy of friends and family now long beyond the reach of unwelcome attention.Charlotte Frost has drawn on new material, diaries, letters and academic studies to provide a much-needed second biography about this decent but complex man. It contains colour illustrations, bibliography and index. We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sir William Knighton: The Strange Career of a Regency Physician. To get started finding Sir William Knighton: The Strange Career of a Regency Physician, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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