JA
declined James Stanier Clarke
's invitation to write a historical romance about the royal house of Saxe-Coburg—which would have been radically unlike her almost-finished Persuasion.
The invitation was intended to compliment Princess Charlotte
Reception
Jane Austen
Sixteen-year-old Princess Charlotte
wrote, Maryanne & me are very alike in disposition, that certainly I am not so good, the same imprudence, &c however remain very like.
Tomalin, Claire. Jane Austen: A Life. Penguin Viking.