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Beginning History: The Life Of Florence Nightingale

Liz Gogerly, Author

This book explains who Florence Nightingale was, and the work she did. Her role in the hospitals at Scutari during the Crimean War is looked at, together with the campaigning she did in Britain for better health care.

Complete with photos, paintings, glossary and index.

Reviews

...help budding historians get a genuine feel for a particular era.

BBC History, January 2003

Liz Gogerly

Liz Gogerly is a former teacher and has been writing children’s books about geography, history and PSHE for over twenty years. Biography and telling stories about real people is her speciality. In 2020 she won the SLA award for ‘Heroes that Help Us From Around the World’. She publishes adult biographies under the name Liz Flavell. Liz loves music, dancing, cooking, cats and kids.