Mary Seacole

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands

Herausgeber: Salih, Sara

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 131mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 216g
• ISBN-13: 9780140439021
• ISBN-10: 0140439021
• Artikelnr.: 22090863

Autorenporträt

Mary Seacole (1805–1881) was born in Jamaica. She was decorated for her work in the Crimea, which helped open up the medical professions to women.

Inhaltsangabe

To the reader
1. My birth and parentage
2. Struggles for life
3. My reception at the Independent Hotel
4. An unwelcome visitor in Cruces
5. American sympathy
6. Migration to Gorgona
7. The yellow fever on Jamaica
8. I long to join the British army before Sebastopol
9. Voyage to Constantinople
10. I start for Balaclava
11. Alarms in the harbour
12. The British Hotel
13. My work in the Crimea
14. My customers at the British Hotel
15. My first glimpse of war
16. Under fire on the fatal 18th of June
17. Inside Sebastopol
18. Holiday in the camp
19. New Year in the Crimea
Conclusion.