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==Biography==
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|author=Charlotte Frost
|title=Sir William Knighton: The Strange Career of a Regency Physician
|rating=3
|genre=Biography
|summary=Sir William Knighton came from humble beginnings: in later life the memories of his mother selling butter and eggs from a market stall would frequently be brought up and it was never to illustrate just how well he'd done. The fact that he became a physician would normally be quite an achievement, but his baronetcy and fame didn't come from his work as a physician but from his less well-publicised work for George IV. Although his work at court would span just over a decade it was far from being what he wanted to do – and for the most part it would not bring him a great deal of happiness. At the end of his career as a physician he simply wanted to retire to his cottage in the country - but found himself unable to desert a king who had become dependent on him.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0755213017</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Rodney Bolt
