Florence Nightingale
the woman and her legend: 200th anniversary edition
$30.71
- Paperback
704 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2020
Summary
The Real Florence Nightingale: Beyond the Lamp
Whether honoured and admired or criticized and ridiculed, Florence Nightingale has invariably been misrepresented and misunderstood. 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 our national consciousness. But the awesome scale of her achievements over the course of her 90 years is infinitely more troubling - a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241989227 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241989221 |
| Author: | Mark Bostridge |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 704 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2020 |
| Weight: | 478g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 42mm |
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About The Author
Mark Bostridge
Mark Bostridge won the Gladstone Memorial Prize at Oxford University. His first book Vera Brittain- A Life was shortlisted for the Whitbread Biography Prize, the NCR Non-Fiction Award, and the Fawcett Prize. His books also include the bestselling Letters from a Lost Generation; Lives for Sale, a collection of biographers’ tales; Because You Died; and The Fateful Year- England 1914 published in 2014. Florence Nightingale was awarded the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography.
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