Florence Nightingale at First Hand - by McDonald (Paperback)

About the Book

A concise, yet scholarly view of Florence Nightingale's extraordinary life and career that gets to the heart of her range of interests and achievements.

Book 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.

Review Quotes

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

McDonald beautifully incorporates Nightingale's words into coherent syntheses of each topic.

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

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McDonald is the editor of the Collected Works of Florence Nightingale, a 16-volume series including much previously unpublished material, as well as her well-known books, articles and letters.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