Duberly, Frances Isabella. “Editor’s Introduction”. Mrs Duberly’s War. Journals and Letters from the Crimea, 1854-6, edited by Christine Kelly, Oxford University Press, p. xi - xlviii.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Frances Isabella Duberly | Queen Victoria
, with Prince Albert
and their eldest daughter
, reviewed the Eighth Hussars
at Portsmouth on their return from the Crimean War. She bowed deeply to FID
, though she did not speak to her. |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Frances Isabella Duberly | The title-page quotes James Beattie
and Shakespeare
. For dedication, five stanzas from Longfellow
addressed to absent friends invoke again members of the Eighth Hussars
. FID
's preface declares her intention of reporting the... |
| Travel | Frances Isabella Duberly | The month after Britain and France declared war on Russia (opening the first Crimean War) FID
left London with her husband
and his regiment (the Eighth Hussars
) heading for Plymouth and thence for Constantinople... |
| Travel | Frances Isabella Duberly | |
| Travel | Frances Isabella Duberly | The Eighth Hussars
embarked from Izmit in Turkey, leaving their Crimean War service for England, where they landed at Portsmouth three weeks later. FID
was still with them. Duberly, Frances Isabella. “Editor’s Introduction”. Mrs Duberly’s War. Journals and Letters from the Crimea, 1854-6, edited by Christine Kelly, Oxford University Press, p. xi - xlviii. xliii |
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