The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole

The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands

Mary Seacole

240 pages first pub 1857 (view editions)

nonfiction classics history travel adventurous informative medium-paced
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Mary Jane Seacole (née Grant; (1805 – 1881) was a British-Jamaican business woman and nurse who set up the "British Hotel" behind the lines during the Crimean War. She described this as "a mess-table and comfortable quarters for sick and convalesc...

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