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Nightingales : the extraordinary upbringing and curious life of Miss Florence Nightingale / Gillian Gill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gill, Gillian, 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910--Childhood and youth.
- Nightingale, Florence.
- Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910--Family.
- Nightingale family.
- Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910.
- Nurses--Great Britain--Biography.
- Nurses.
- Families.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 535 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Ballantine Books, 2004.
- Summary:
- Florence Nightingale was for a time the most famous woman in Britain--if not the world. We know her today primarily as a saintly character, perhaps as a heroic reformer of Britain's healthcare system. The reality is more involved and far more fascinating. In an utterly beguiling narrative that reads like the best Victorian fiction, acclaimed author Gillian Gill tells the story of this richly complex woman and her extraordinary family.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 466-514) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0345451872
- OCLC:
- 54034881
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