Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands - Mary Seacole - Dover Thrift Editions

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole is a Victorian autobiography by a healer renowned for her work with the sick and wounded during the Crimean War. This Dover Thrift Editions paperback presents her memoirs in a concise 160-page edition.

Key details

• Author: Mary Seacole
• Series: Dover Thrift Editions
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 160
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 28 June 2019
• ISBN: 9780486831725

Synopsis

Mary Seacole writes from the rare vantage point of a Black woman working at the front line of the Crimean War. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1805, she began as a healer by assisting her mother in caring for British officers in nearby military camps.

Moved by reports from Crimea in the 1850s, she travelled to England to offer her services, but was refused entry to Florence Nightingale’s “angel band” of military nurses, possibly because of her race. She then went independently to Crimea, establishing accommodation near Balaclava that combined treatment with domestic comforts for recovering soldiers. Published in 1857, her memoirs are described as both humorous and tragic, capturing the voice of a fearless adventurer and humanitarian; suited to readers of biography and memoir.

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