Abstract
Andrew and James Ducarel were Huguenots brought to England as children in 1721; Andrew remained his entire life, working as an ecclesiastical and maritime attorney alongside antiquarian interests. James, less successful, returned to France (probably to avoid debts) in 1761 and during the next decade corresponded with his brother, describing the France that Sterne sojourned in twice during these years. The correspondence undergirds the ‘realism’ of Tristram’s and Yorick’s experiences: e.g., on his arrival, James immediately hires ‘a very Compleat Valet de Chambre […] who […] Combs my wigs, shaves me. Goes 2 leagues & back again to Carry a letter’. Also, James and Sterne meet some of the same travellers abroad, encounters that help further to identify Sterne’s subscribers.
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