Florence Nightingale : the woman and her legend / Mark Bostridge

Florence Nightingale : the woman and her legend / Mark Bostridge
Author
Bostridge, Mark
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Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910.; Nurses - Great Britain - Biography.; Crimean War, 1853-1856 - Medical care.
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General
Summary
The soldier's saviour, the standard-bearer of modern nursing, a pioneering social reformer - and much else besides - Florence Nightingale belongs to that select band of historical characters who are instantly recognisable. As the Lady with the Lamp, ministering to the wounded and dying of the Crimean War, she offers an enduring image of sentimental appeal, and one that is permanently lodged in the national consciousness. She has been honoured and admired, criticised and ridiculed. More often than not, she has been misrepresented and misunderstood. In this remarkable book, the first major biography of Florence Nightingale in over fifty years, Mark Bostridge draws on a wealth of unpublished material, including previously unseen family papers, to throw significant new light on this extraordinary woman's life and character.
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Title, Author, Edition Date Language Format Libraries
Florence Nightingale : the woman and her legend / Mark Bostridge.
London ; New York : Viking,
646 pages
2008 English Book; Illustrated 40
Florence Nightingale : the woman and her legend / Mark Bostridge.
London : Penguin,
646 pages
2009 English Book; Illustrated 9

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