Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands: Memoirs of Britain's Greatest Black Heroine, Business Woman & Crimean War Nurse - Mary Seacole

Reducere. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (1857) is one of the earliest autobiographies of a mixed-race woman. In her autobiography, Seaco...

The first autobiography written by a British black woman.

DescriptionFamed for her work among the sick and wounded of the Crimean War, Mary Seacole possessed a unique perspective: that of a Victorian-era b...

Reducere. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (1857) is the autobiography of Mary Seacole. Recognized for her pioneering healthcare work for s...

Written in 1857, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivaled Florence Nightingale...

The 'Greatest Black Briton in History' triumphed over the Crimea and Victorian England. She became an independent 'doctress' combining the herbal r...

An in-depth biography of Mary Seacole that unveils the truth about her remarkable achievements and debunks the many myths about her lifePublisher: ...

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Ron Ramdin tells the remarkable story of a woman celebrated today as a pioneering nurse. A short and readable biography aiming at students and the ...

Discover how these courageous women pursued their vocation to help others in times of war. How did their lives and work compare in very different t...

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Reducere. This biography of Florence Nightingale is intended for younger readers eager to understand her immense contributions to the nursing profession.Publ...

Published to coincide with a BBC2 documentary about Sister Janet, showing on the 8th May. This is the remarkable story of the Florence Nightingale ...

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Nurse and Spy is a record of events which transpired in the experience of military life in Camp, Field and Hospital during the Civil War. The autho...

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The story of Mrs. Gordon Baillie is stranger than anything to be met with in the field of fiction.Mrs. Gordon Baillie, known throughout her life as...

A short, compelling history of Black Britons during the First World War, for readers aged 8 to 12Publisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Stephen...

Cleland's critics too condemned the 'infamous' and 'poisonous' novel when it first appeared in 1748-9. But the proliferation of editions, adaptatio...

DescriptionPublished in 1986, it was Patrick White's last completed novel, and was presented as if White had edited the memoirs of an ageing fictio...

The must-read thriller inspired by the true story of Nancy Wake, the most decorated servicewoman of the Second World War, soon to be a major blockb...

This book recounts a little-known history of an estimated 2, 000 children born to black GIs and white British women in world war 11. Stories from o...

This book recounts a little-known history of an estimated 2, 000 children born to black GIs and white British women in World War II. Stories from o...

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Reducere. One Trip Too Many, A Pilot's Memoirs of 38 Months in Combat over Laos and Vietnam, is an autobiography about my life as a pilot in Southeast Asia d...

The first children's book about one of Ireland's greatest heroines, who saved the lives of hundreds of children during World War II.

This was the first occasion in history that a railway was constructed to support an army in war.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Anthony ...

Includes a travel book and a biography of its author.

Is it possible to run a multibillion-dollar corporation on the power of trust? Must you set aside your authentic self as you climb the corporate la...

The Crimean War (1853-1856) was the first modern war. A vicious struggle between imperial Russia and an alliance of the British, French and Ottoman...

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The story of Don Howe, one of English football's great coaches, who helped lead his country to the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup and Euro 96. H...

DescriptionDelivering welfare babies, warding off voodoo spells, and living in a town that still seems to be fighting the Civil War-small wonder yo...

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Reducere. The American Civil War, as told by General Ulysses S Grant, who led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy. Origianl maps illustrate the ...

Following books by Malcolm Gladwell and Dan Ariely, noted economics professor William L. Silber explores the Hail Mary effect, from its origins in ...

In Unbound in War?, Sean Richmond examines the influence and interpretation of international law in the use of force by two important but understud...

Reducere. England's Tudor monarchs--Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I--are perhaps the most celebrated and fascinating of all royal f...

Reducere. The Crimean War is one of history's most compelling subjects. It encompassed human suffering, woeful leadership and maladministration on a grand sc...

Reducere. Among the hundreds of women who, in disguise, enlisted to serve as men during the Civil War, only Sarah Edmonds is known to have written a memoir r...

Reducere. DescriptionA pioneering woman missionary hailing from Aberdeen in Scotland, Mary Slessor's journey to Nigeria set an example to all Christian missi...

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THIS TRANSLATION IS AN HOMAGE TO A GREAT LITERARY FIGURE AND TO THOSE MOVEMENTS WHICH CARRY ON HER LEGACY IN THEIR WORK Never neutral and deeply en...

DescriptionThe author creates a fun and energetic way for beginning readers to dive into the world of nursing in a way that incorporates important ...

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DescriptionPeter Sabor presents both the first critical edition and the first accurate, wholly unexpurgated text of the most famous erotic novel in...

Family Wildlife Adventures: 50 breaks in search of Britain's wildlife - Travel information for wildlife watching and connecting with nature in Brit...