“Beside curiosity, my friends will in these Letters see at least for some time where the real Lady Craven has been, and where she is to be found.”

Asserting her authentic presence against rumours and impostors during her travels · Preface, A Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople (1789)

• Identity
• Travel
• Truth

“The greatest part of the public has my permission to doze over the following sheets, as I expose them to the malice of my enemies, without reserve, merely to oblige many of my friends.”

Ironic, confident dismissal of potential critics while offering her travel letters to friends · Preface, A Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople (1789)

• Courage
• Wit
• Writing