florence nightingale
by richard tames
published by franklin watts
copyright 1989
32 pages
nonfiction
this book tells the life of florence nightingale. she was very privlaged as a young child because her father was the son of a very successful banker. she annoyed her mother and delighted her father by reading books and learning. she bacame a nurse in the crimean war and nursed cholera victims. she helped imporve the conditions of the hospitals because so many soldiers were dying from diseases contracted in the hospitals. because of her efforts she was given a brooch by Queen Victoria. this book had a lot of information about her and it was very reliable. it had a lot of pictures and a lot of cool little facts about the time period to help the reader better understand florence nightingale. i would recomend this book to anyone and i dont see any problem with it.