Description
| Product ID: | 9780140439021 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands |
| Authors: | Author: Mary Seacole, Sara Salih |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Memoirs, Memoirs, Specific wars and campaigns, Ethnic studies, Nursing, Crimean War, Black & Asian studies, Nursing |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Written in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's during the Crimean War. Seacole travelled widely before eventually arriving in London, where her offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war met with racism and refusal. Written in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale''s during the Crimean War. Seacole''s offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war met with racism and refusal. Undaunted, Seacole set out independently to the Crimea where she acted as doctor and ''mother'' to wounded soldiers while running her business, the ''British Hotel''. A witness to key battles, she gives vivid accounts of how she coped with disease, bombardment and other hardships at the Crimean battlefront. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2005-02-24 |
