Excerpts from FID
's war correspondence (letters from Crimea to her sister
) appeared anonymously in the Morning Advertiser. She had to stifle laughter when Lord Cardigan
, unsuspecting, read her own words aloud to her.
Duberly, Frances Isabella. Mrs Duberly’s War. Journals and Letters from the Crimea, 1854-6. Editor Kelly, Christine, Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Frances Isabella Duberly
The letters to Selina, often written over several days, tend to range widely as to topic.
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, 2007, p. xi - xlviii.
xxxii
They are naturally more outspoken than the diary in its published version. In June 1854 FID
was already...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Frances Isabella Duberly
Despite Francis Marx's editing, the printed book pulls few punches. In Lord Cardigan
's infamous sore-back reconnaissance, an arbitrary forced march of excessively-loaded men and horses which disabled many of each, she diagnoses much...
Travel
Frances Isabella Duberly
At the end of the month they were off again to encamp at Varna, after Lord Lucan
had forbidden FID
to accompany the regiment and Lord Raglan
had countermanded his order, saying he would...
Travel
Frances Isabella Duberly
She was the only officer's wife to go through the whole campaign in proximity to her husband, though plenty of others visited during summer 1855. Months before that, she was annoyed when the United Services...
Timeline
1856: The cardigan was invented by Lord Cardigan...
National or international item
1856
The cardigan was invented by Lord Cardigan
to combat the intense cold during the Crimean War.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.