Frances Burney, later Madame D’Arblay, wrote the well-known books, Evelina, Cecilia and Camilla. As well as writing her views on Boswell in letters and her diaries, Fanny also left behind one of the earliest accounts of a mastectomy in a letter to her sister, Esther, written on March 22 1812. Frances Burney Feared Breast Cancer In 1810, Frances, while living…