Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
From "the great storyteller of modern Russian historians" comes the definitive account of the Crimean War, a forgotten war that shaped the modern age. Figes reconstructs the first full conflagration of modernity, a global industrialized struggle fought with unusual ferocity and incompetence.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Mary Seacole was called to nurse the sick and wounded from bedside to battlefield. Nothing would stand in her way." -- Back cover.
The life of pioneering Jamaican nurse Mary Seacole gets its dramatic due in a sweeping and stunning biography. Mary Seacole spent much of her life on the front lines of the Crimean War, ministering to the wounded, caring for soldiers, and making her mark on the world of medicine. This fascinating biography honors Mary...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Captain Christopher Phelan has been corresponding with the beautiful golden-haired Prudence Mercer while he is away fighting in the Crimean War. What he doesn't know, however, is that the woman who wrote to him is actually Prudence's best friend, Beatrix Hathaway. Upon his return home to Hampshire, it becomes clear that Christopher's experiences in war have changed him.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In Search of Mary Seacole is a superb and revealing biography that explores her remarkable achievements and unique status as an icon of the 19th century, but also corrects some of the myths that have grown around her life and career. Having been raised in Jamaica and worked in Panama, Mary Seacole came to England in the 1850s and volunteered to help out during the Crimean War. When her services were turned down, she financed her own expedition to...
Author
Series
Thursday Next novels volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Interlibrary Loan Request
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Des Moines Public Library can be requested from other libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? If the item was published recently, submit a purchase suggestion. Submit Request