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Item Details
| Title:
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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
THE WOMAN AND HER LEGEND |
| By: |
Mark Bostridge |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0140263926 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780140263923 |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
7 May, 2009 |
| Pages: |
704 |
| Description: |
Whether honoured and admired or criticized, Florence Nightingale has invariably been misrepresented and misunderstood. From her tireless campaigning and staggering intellectual abilities to her tortured relationship with her sister and her distressing medical condition, this book deals with one of the iconic figures in modern British history. |
| Synopsis: |
Winner of the Elizabeth Longford prize for Historical BiographyMark Bostridge's Florence Nightingale is a masterful and effortlessly enjoyable biography of one of Britain's most iconic heroines.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 - and inspiring - than this mythical simplification.From her tireless campaigning and staggering intellectual abilities to her tortured relationship with her sister and her distressing medical condition, this vivid and immensely readable biography draws on a wealth of unpublished material and previously unseen family papers, disentangling the myth from the reality and reinvigorating with new life one of the most iconic figures in modern British history. |
| Illustrations: |
60 pictures |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Penguin Books Ltd |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2009 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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