Florence Nightingale: Mystic, Visionary, Healer (Deluxe Edition) - Hardcover

Dossey PhD RN AHN-BC FAAN, Barbara Montgomery

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803622821 ISBN 13: 9780803622821

Publisher: F.A. Davis Company, 2009

Synopsis

AJN Book of the Year 2009

5 Stars!

“It is fascinating to read and lovely to look at and would make an exceptional addition to a nursing or personal library. This is a one-of-a-kind, artistic history of the life of a nursing icon.”—

Ellen Wurzbach, RN, MSN, PhDfor Doody Review Service
Scientist, philosopher, visionary, mystic, healer, reformer, activist, feminist, politician.

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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Review:

"It is fascinating to read and lovely to look at and would make an exceptional addition to a nursing or personal library. This is a one-of-a-kind, artistic history of the life of a nursing icon." - Ellen Wurzbach, RN, MSN, PhD for Doody Review Service"

About this edition

• Publisher: F.A. Davis Company
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0803622821
• ISBN 13: 9780803622821
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448