A Winter on the Nile: Florence Nightingale, Gustave Flaubert and the Temptations of Egypt by Anthony Sattin

A Winter on the Nile: Florence Nightingale, Gustave Flaubert and the Temptations of Egypt

Anthony Sattin

326 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional reflective medium-paced
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In the winter of 1849, Florence Nightingale was an unknown 29-year-old - beautiful, well-born and deeply unhappy. After clashing with her parents over her refusal to marry, she had been offered a lifeline by family friends who suggested a trip to ...

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