Florence Nightingale At First Hand - Softcover

McDonald, Lynn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1441132554 ISBN 13: 9781441132550

Publisher: Continuum, 2010

Synopsis

Florence Nightingale is one of the most famous figures in modern history. Yet much of what we know of her emanates from unreliable second-hand accounts, and from a misreading of the primary sources.

Florence Nightingale at First Hand by Lynn McDonald, editor of Nightingale's Collected Works, and the world's foremost Nightingale authority, aims to put this right. This is a book which reports what Florence Nightingale said and did, based on her writing, of which a massive amount survives, scattered in over two hundred archives throughout the world.

Published to commemorate the centenary of Nightingale's death, McDonald's study presents a Florence Nightingale for the twenty-first century, as an author of great style and wit, a systems thinker and pioneering public health reformer - the heroine and nurse were only the start.

About this title

About the Author:

Professor McDonald is the editor of the Collected Works of Florence Nightingale, a 16-volume series including much previously unpublished material, as well as her well-known books, articles and letters. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Press, Canada.

Review:

For those in search of a high-achieving person motivated by faith, here is a book portraying a woman to draw inspiration from. (Church Times)

McDonald beautifully incorporates Nightingale's words into coherent syntheses of each topic. (Times Higher Education Supplement)

Provides a clear, succinct overview of [Nightingale's] life and achievements.

(Nursing Standard)

'Lynn McDonald offers a spirited response to biographers who belittle Miss Nightingale.' (Nursing Management)

For those in search of a high-achieving person motivated by faith, here is a book portraying a woman to draw inspiration from. (Sanford Lakoff)

Provides a clear, succinct overview of [Nightingale’s] life and achievements.

(Sanford Lakoff)

'Lynn McDonald offers a spirited response to biographers who belittle Miss Nightingale.’ (Sanford Lakoff)

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1441132554
• ISBN 13: 9781441132550
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224