000			01848cam a22002894a 4500
001			026843
005			20231009192517.0
008			190209s2008 nyua b 001 0beng
010			_a2008031424
020			_a9780374156657
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aRT37.N5 _bB67 2008
060	1	0	_aWZ 100 _bN688Bk 2008
082	0	0	_a92 NIG
100	1		_aBostridge, Mark
245	1	0	_aFlorence Nightingale _b: the making of an icon _c/ Mark Bostridge
250			_a1st ed
260			_aNew York _b: Farrar, Straus and Giroux _c, 2008.
300			_axxiii, 646 p. _b: ill. _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 547-555) and index.
520			_aThe common soldier's savior, the standard-bearer of modern nursing, a pioneering social reformer: Florence Nightingale belongs to that select band of historical characters who are instantly recognizable. Home-schooled, bound for the life of an educated Victorian lady, Nightingale scandalized her family when she found her calling as a nurse, a thoroughly unsuitable profession for a woman of her class. As the "Lady with the Lamp," ministering to the wounded and dying of the Crimean War, she offers an enduring image of sentimental appeal. In the first major biography of Florence Nightingale in more than fifty years, Mark Bostridge draws on a wealth of unpublished material, including previously unseen family papers, to throw new light on this extraordinary woman's life and character. Disentangling elements of myth from the reality, Bostridge has written a vivid and readable account of one of the most iconic figures in modern history.--From publisher description.
600	1	0	_aNightingale, Florence, 1820-1910.
650			_aNurses _z-England _v--Biography
650	2	2	_aCrimean War, 1853-1856
650			_aHistory _y-19th century _z-Great Britain
942			_cMO
999			_c239969 _d239969