Florence Nightingale Lady of the Lamp - Couverture souple

Barnham, Kay

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0750255706 ISBN 13 : 9780750255707

Editeur : Wayland, 2008

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Kay Barnham was born in Barrow-in-Furness, grew up in Carlisle, went to college in Brighton, and lived in Hove for a while, before sailing for Kinsale, Co Cork, popping back to Hove and then moving to the New Forest with her husband and daughter. And never at any point has she lived more than ten miles from the sea. She began working in children's publishing in 1992. She was an editor first of all, working on illustrated non-fiction and learning fun facts like how long it would take to walk to the moon - nine years - and how to spell palaeontology. Next, she commissioned fiction titles, editing picture books, storybooks and novels. And then she got the chance to write her own books, which she thinks is quite the best job ever. Except possibly being a chocolatier. She writes non-fiction as Kay Barnham. Her specialist subjects include ice-skating, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, lightning, fairies, Roald Dahl, Sir Isaac Newton, Christmas, dolphins, Florence Nightingale and very bad cracker jokes. And chocolate.She also writes fiction as Kay Woodward, including the Skate School series for Usborne and the novels Jane Airhead and Wuthering Hearts for Andersen Press. Altogether, she's written about a hundred books. Her favourite colour is navy blue. Her favourite chocolate is 85% cocoa solids.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

'For the sick it is important to have the best.' (Florence Nightingale)

Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 to a wealthy family. Against the wishes of her parents, Florence soon realised her dream to nurse and became superintendent at a hospital in Harley Street, London. However, it is for her work during the Crimean War that Florence is most remembered. Upon arrival at the British army hospital in Scutari, Turkey, Florence and her nurses set about bringing order to the filthy, diseased chaos that greeted them. Sickened by what she had witnessed at Scutari, at the end of the war Florence returned to London where she dedicated the remainder of her life to campaigning for better nursing facilities both in the army and civilian life.

Young readers will be intrigued by the fascinating life and experiences of Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War.

Contains quotation panels (including letters and diary extracts), a date chart, glossary and index.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wayland
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0750255706
• ISBN 13: 9780750255707
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 48