num_pages: 224
description: 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. 
language: English
title: Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands
titlecomplete: Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands
characters: Mary Seacole, Florence Nightingale
genres: Historical, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Classics, Autobiography, Travel, 19th Century, Biography Memoir, History
ratings_count: 1312
places: Jamaica, Crimea, Panama
publisher: Penguin Classics