Book: Paperback | 5.07 x 7.79in | 304 pages | ISBN 9780140439021 | 29 Nov 2005 | Penguin Classic | 18 - AND UP
One of the most significant works in black British literary history
Written in 1857, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivaled Florence Nightingale’s during the Crimean War. Seacole traveled widely before arriving in London, where her offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war was met with racism and refusal. Undaunted, she set out independently to the Crimea, where she acted as doctor and “mother” to wounded soldiers while running her business, the “British Hotel.” Told with energy, warmth, and humor, her remarkable life story and accounts of hardships at the battlefront offer significant insights into the history of race politics.
First time in Penguin Classics
Introduction places Wonderful Adventures in its historical context, discussing Seacole's attitudes to race, slavery and war
Includes chronology, appendix, notes, and maps
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