Mary Seacole

Mary Seacole (1805 - 1881) was a Scots-Jamaican businesswoman and nurse who set up the "British Hotel" behind the lines during the Crimean War. She was renowned as one of the war's two leading nurses, along with Florence Nightingale.

She was posthumously awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit in 1991. In 2004 she was voted the greatest black Briton.…more

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	Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole 3.43 avg rating — 1,853 ratings — published 1857 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary Seacole: The Most Famous Black Woman of the Victorian Age by Jane Robinson (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2004 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Chronicles, Volume 1 by David Llewellyn 3.88 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2020 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Florence Nightingale: Autobiography of a Mary Seacole, a Black Nurse, and the Vivid Account of Her Role in the Crimean and Other Wars by Mary Seacole 3.65 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2010 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary Seacole by Ron Ramdin 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2006 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hopscotch: Histories: Hoorah for Mary Seacole by Hilary Robinson 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2008 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Nightingale: Mary Seacole, hero of the Crimean War by Julia Buss 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary Seacole by Harriet Castor 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1999 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary Seacole by John Malam 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2000 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary Seacole: The Making of the Myth by Lynn McDonald 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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