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Bostridge, Mark

 
9780374156657: Florence Nightingale: The Making of an Icon
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ISBN 10 : 0374156654 ISBN 13 : 9780374156657
Editeur : Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2008

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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with her sister and her distressing medical condition, this vivid and immensely readable biography draws on a wealth of unpublished material and previously unseen family papers, disententagling the myth from the reality and reinvigorating with new life one of the most iconic figures in modern British history.

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Éditeur
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0374156654
ISBN 13 
9780374156657
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
647
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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