Mrs Duberly's war : journal and letters from the Crimea, 1854-6 / Frances Isabella Duberly ; edited with introduction and notes by Christine Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duberly, Frances Isabella Locke, 1829-1903, author.

Contributor:

Kelly, Christine, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Duberly, Frances Isabella Locke, 1829-1903--Diaries.

Duberly, Frances Isabella Locke.

Duberly, Frances Isabella Locke, 1829-1903--Correspondence.

Crimean War, 1853-1856--Personal narratives, British.

Crimean War, 1853-1856.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mrs Duberly's journal is one of the most vivid eye-witness accounts we have of the Crimean War. This edition - the first since 1856 - contains a selection of Fanny's previously unpublished letters, an editorial introduction and notes, contemporary photographs, maps, and some of Fanny's own sketches.

Contents:

Contents; List of Maps and Illustrations; Notes on Endpapers; Editor's Introduction; Notes on the Text; Editor's Note and Author's Preface, 1855; 1. The Voyage April-May 1854; 2. Embarkation and Encampment at Varna June-August 1854; 3. The Expedition to the Crimea September-October 1854; 4. Balaklava October-November 1854; 5. Balaklava December 1854-March 1855; 6. The Camp March-July 1855; 7. The Fall of Sebastopol July-September 1855; Notes and Commentary; Biographical Notes; Appendix 1: How the War Began; Appendix 2: The Battle of Balaklava; Further Reading; Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Maps on lining papers.

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-344) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-03480-X

0-19-157991-2

1-281-16057-1

0-19-155968-7

9786611160579

0-19-152607-X

1-4294-9286-4

OCLC:

437093905