Mark Bostridge
In Pursuit of Love: The Search for Victor Hugo’s Daughter
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This book is memoir, travelogue, and biography altogether. Bostridge follows the path of Adele Hugo (1830-1915), the youngest child of Victor Hugo. The ...Read Review
Vera Brittain and the First World War: The Story of Testament of Youth
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In 1913, Vera Brittain is a young Englishwoman with every prospect of happiness before her. A year later, war breaks out; and Brittain’s ...Read Review
Florence Nightingale
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At the age of 17, Florence received a calling from God, and although she persisted in her quest to study nursing, her parents refused ...Read Review
Florence Nightingale: The Making of an Icon
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What could a brilliant, wealthy young woman do in Victorian England if marriage did not entice her, and domestic spinsterhood could not contain ...Read Review
