The Extraordinary Life of Mary Seacole

Naida Redgrave (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2019
Puffin (Verlag)
978-0-241-37277-7 (ISBN)

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Mary Seacole was:

A doctress

An activist

An inspiration

Mary Seacole is now known for her medical work in the Crimean war, and as a brilliant woman who combated the racial prejudice she experienced in her lifetime. But for a long time her story was lost.

From growing up in Kingston, Jamaica as the daughter of a doctress to helping soldiers in the war, discover the details of the amazing life that Mary Seacole led in this beautifully illustrated book with real-life stories, timelines and facts.

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Naida Redgrave (Author) Naida Redgrave is a TV writer and author. She was most recently part of a Channel 4 commissioned writers' room for a drama series with Lonesome Pine. Her drama series, Wild Island, won the 2018 TriForce Writerslam competition, and is currently under option and in development. Her original pilot, Home, was a finalist in the 2015 C21 Drama Series Script competition and was optioned by Erica Motley (Taboo). Naida is a Visiting Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Roehampton and a PhD candidate at the University of East London.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.09.2019
Reihe/Serie	Extraordinary Lives
Illustrationen	Alleanna Harris
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 197 mm
Gewicht	111 g
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Geschichte / Politik
ISBN-10	0-241-37277-1 / 0241372771
ISBN-13	978-0-241-37277-7 / 9780241372777
Zustand	Neuware