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Memoir: Blunt Speaking: The Crimean War Reminiscences of John Elijah Blunt, Civilian Interpreter. Memoir by Dr Douglas J Austin of the Crimean War Research Society. Illustrated document compiled by Austin, as a chronological account of Blunt’s experiences and as an interpreter during the Crimean War. The document charts his working life from 1858, to his retirement in 1902, and his death in 1916. Austin has used Blunt’s journals, quoting whole chapters, and biographies of some of the central figures in his narrative, which have been written by Mike Hinton, David Kelsey and Austin himself to build a picture of Blunt’s life. The close working relationship Blunt had with the 5th Earl of Lucan features prominently in the journal. Associated with the Battle of the Alma, Battle of Balaklava and the Battle of Inkerman, Crimean War (1854-1856) 1854.

Alma, Battle of the, 1854 (Crimean War 1854-1856), Balaklava, Battle of, 1854 (Crimean War, Inkerman, Battle of, 1854 (Crimean War 1854-1856)