Florence Nightingale: Mystic, Visionary, HealerAJN Book of the Year 2009 5 Stars Ellen Wurzbach, RN, MSN, PhDfor Doody Review Service This lavishly illustrated biography celebrates the life and work of Florence Nightingale on the 100th anniversary of her death. With meticulous scholarship, the author documents the struggles and achievements of a woman who defied the conventions and standards of Victorian England to blaze her own path. Archival photographs, drawings, letters, maps, and a riveting narrative create a portrait of this complex, larger than life woman who is still a source of inspiration today. |
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... Lord Panmure in October 1855 and had the highest regard for her , offered valuable insights . Currently posted at the War Office , he fully understood the personalities involved as well as the obstructionist tendencies of the government ...
... Lord Panmure , of the need for army reform . Panmure was scheduled to visit Balmoral the next week , and Queen Victoria asked Nightingale to extend her visit and meet with him at Balmoral . In order to define their grounds for ...
... Lord Pan- mure in 1857 . Nightingale kept in regular touch with her friends ... Panmure , who took months to accomplish the most basic of tasks , was still ... Lord Panmure sent her the plans for the hospital in December 1856 , but he ...