A novel about a devoted young nurse of Florence Nightingale
This moving story is based on the life and times of Florence Nightingale and her nurses at Scutari Hospital. The nurses set out for Constantinople, and the Military Hospital at Scutari. Florence is little prepared for the horrors of war that await her. But with strength and determination, she rises to the challenges of treating the desperate soldiers, and stands up to those who plot against her.
Travelling with Florence is nurse Mary Galvin, keen to escape from an arranged marriage to the elderly Sir Robert. The innocent young woman's poor choices risk leading to a Victorian scandal and tragedy.
A haunting novel about The Lady with the Lamp, and one young woman's coming of age among the savagery of the Crimean War.
Genre: Historical
This moving story is based on the life and times of Florence Nightingale and her nurses at Scutari Hospital. The nurses set out for Constantinople, and the Military Hospital at Scutari. Florence is little prepared for the horrors of war that await her. But with strength and determination, she rises to the challenges of treating the desperate soldiers, and stands up to those who plot against her.
Travelling with Florence is nurse Mary Galvin, keen to escape from an arranged marriage to the elderly Sir Robert. The innocent young woman's poor choices risk leading to a Victorian scandal and tragedy.
A haunting novel about The Lady with the Lamp, and one young woman's coming of age among the savagery of the Crimean War.
Genre: Historical
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