Voyage of Bona Partes Princess and a Narrow Escape
Exiled Bona parts member Princess Caroline Murat recounts a perilous Atlantic crossing in 1548 aboard a Cunard paddle steamer. Ill with seasickness, she witnessed a fire started by a forgotten candle, narrowly avoiding death, as the ship’s crew extinguished the blaze and saved the voyage. The piece also notes the 1834 fire that destroyed Parliament and the later Westminster Palace opening in 1852, plus brief domestic quips from period papers.
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