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Mary Seacole - The Charismatic Black Nurse Who Became a Heroine of the Crimea (Paperback, New Ed)
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Mary Seacole - The Charismatic Black Nurse Who Became a Heroine of the Crimea (Paperback, New Ed)
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Loot Price R343
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The 'Greatest Black Briton in History' triumphed over the Crimea
and Victorian England. "The Times" called her a heroine, Florence
Nightingale called her a brothel-keeping quack, and Queen
Victoria's nephew called her, simply, 'Mammy' - Mary Seacole was
one of the most eccentric and charismatic women of her era. Born at
her mother's hotel in Jamaica in 1805, she became an independent
'doctress' combining the herbal remedies of her African ancestry
with sound surgical techniques. On the outbreak of the Crimean War,
she arrived in London desperate to join Florence Nightingale at the
Front, but the authorities refused to see her. Being black, nearly
50, rather stout, and gloriously loud in every way, she was
obviously unsuitable. Undaunted, Mary travelled to Balaklava under
her own steam to build the 'British Hotel', just behind the lines.
It was an outrageous venture, and a huge success - she became known
and loved by everyone from the rank and file to the royal family.
For more than a century after her death this remarkable woman was
all but forgotten. This, the first full-length biography of a
Victorian celebrity recently voted the greatest black Briton in
history, brings Mary Seacole centre stage at last.
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