Mary Seacole

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Salih, Sara

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.
"In her introduction to the very welcome Penguin edition, Sara Salih expertly analyses the rhetorical complexities of Seacole's book to explore the richness of her story. Traveller, entrepreneur, healer and woman of colour, Mary Seacole is a singular and fascinating figure, overstepping all conventional boundaries." Jan Marsh, Independent

"It's hard to believe that this amazing adventure story is the true-life experience of a Jamaican woman - it would make a great film." Andrea Levy, Sunday Times

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780141907475
• Artikelnr.: 38134318

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.