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Cornelia Baker

1855–1930

Best known for lively historical fiction for young readers, this early-20th-century American writer brought royal courts and old-world settings to life with a light, engaging touch.

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The Court Jester

The Court Jester

by Cornelia Baker

About the author

Cornelia Baker was an American author born in 1855 whose books were published in the early 1900s. Library and public-domain records confirm works including The Queen's Page (1905), The Court Jester (1906), and Young People in Old Places.

Her writing seems to have centered on historical settings and younger characters, blending adventure, court life, and travel-minded curiosity in a way that made the past feel approachable. The surviving record available online is fairly slim, so many personal details about her life are not easy to confirm with confidence.

Today, Baker is remembered mainly through digitized editions and catalog records that have kept her stories available to new readers.