MBCL
's later descendants in the male line did not do her much credit. Her grandson the third Earl
was a particularly harsh and cruel landlord during the Great Famine in Ireland. He commanded the...
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.
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They are naturally more outspoken than the diary in its published version. In June 1854 FID
was already...
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...