Women of Courage Florence Nightingale by Sam Wellman

Beautiful book Women of Courage

Florence Nightingale by Sam Wellman. This one is a homage, a tribute at Nightingale.The existence of Florence, born in Florence! was an exclusive one. Her family was part of that elite who made the difference in the UK. Her education, and knowledge of many foreign languages, from French to Italian, including old greek and latin, philosophy, art,  had to prepare her at a radiant future. Florence established a best connection with her father, with which she discussed of philosophy, politics. Not only: since she was a kid, she became an avid letter writer, and started to write short compositions.

She was educated by people who remained in her heart.

Although Florence loved her environment she was also a big christian. 

She understood  that she had received a call and that her path had to be different from the one decided by the society where she lived in. 

Still young, once in Paris at the house of a more adult friend, not yet married, she understood the freedom and acceptance that that lady was experiencing although she could not be classified as a common lady.

Departures and lessons learned from her domestics or tutors let her understand that there is always a tomorrow, also when many disgraces touches the existence of a person; she later decided for a drastic choice that would have put down a lot the entire family: she wanted to become a nurse. Her existence has been absolutely a complete adventure.

She passed to the history because she was the one who, firstly, introduced statistics.

This book is written dreamingly. You will be introduced in the existence of Nightingale under many aspects; poems, written stuff of the author or poets and writers she entered in contact with, and that made the difference to her or she appreciated and it is pretty colloquial.

Trips, relatives, parents, houses, her sister, holidays, work, social conditions, history, nothing is hidden. 

Beautiful.

Highly recommended.

I thank NetGalley and Barbour for this ebook.

Anna Maria Polidori