Two feminine adventures from the age of Victoria Mrs Francis Duberly, or 'Fanny' as she was widely known, would have been a remarkable woman in any age; as the wife of a serving soldier in the Victorian era she was doubly so. This was a strong minded, resolute woman whose thoughts, opinions and values were her own. She was fiercely independent, courageous and adventurous in an age when many women of her class preferred or accepted the 'genteel' life. This would never do for Fanny Duberly. She craved a life of variety and action and found it in the company of her husband on campaign. She...
Two feminine adventures from the age of Victoria Mrs Francis Duberly, or 'Fanny' as she was widely known, would have been a remarkable woman in an...
Two feminine adventures from the age of Victoria Mrs Francis Duberly, or 'Fanny' as she was widely known, would have been a remarkable woman in any age; as the wife of a serving soldier in the Victorian era she was doubly so. This was a strong minded, resolute woman whose thoughts, opinions and values were her own. She was fiercely independent, courageous and adventurous in an age when many women of her class preferred or accepted the 'genteel' life. This would never do for Fanny Duberly. She craved a life of variety and action and found it in the company of her husband on campaign. She...
Two feminine adventures from the age of Victoria Mrs Francis Duberly, or 'Fanny' as she was widely known, would have been a remarkable woman in an...
The diarist Mrs Henry Duberly (1829 1902), born Frances Locke, came to public attention through her Journal Kept During the Russian War, an 1855 account (also reissued in this series) of her experiences accompanying her husband's regiment in the Crimea, often as the only woman present. Her descriptions of military action including the cavalry charges at Balaklava and the hardships and gossip of army life, made it a popular success, although a dedication to Queen Victoria was declined. This 1859 volume narrates the Hussars' subsequent posting to India during the Mutiny. Describing the...
The diarist Mrs Henry Duberly (1829 1902), born Frances Locke, came to public attention through her Journal Kept During the Russian War, an 1855 accou...
Frances Isabella Duberly (1829 1902) accompanied her officer husband to the Crimea as the only woman on the front line. Her letters home to her sister, highlighting the incompetence and negligence of the generals, and describing the appalling conditions in which the men were fighting, appeared anonymously in the press and, along with W. H. Russell's reports, helped stir public opinion against the prosecution of the war. This reaction persuaded Duberly to ask her brother-in-law to edit her diary, and it provoked a sensation when published in 1855. Although she occasionally conveys some of the...
Frances Isabella Duberly (1829 1902) accompanied her officer husband to the Crimea as the only woman on the front line. Her letters home to her sister...
