Nightingales: The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale de Gill, Gillian

Ballantine Books, 2004-08-31. Hardcover. Good. 105x26x152.

Ballantine Books, 2004. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group, 2004. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Ballantine Books, 2004-08-31. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Ballantine Books, September 2004. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Fine book in a Very Good cover. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Slight reading/shelf wear to cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 560 pages.Florence Nightingale was for a time the most famous woman in the world. We know her today primarily as a saintly character, perhaps as a heroic reformer of Britain's health-care system. The reality is more involved and far more fascinating. Combining biography, politics, social history, and consummate storytelling, Nightingales is a portrait of an amazing woman, her difficult but loving family, and the high Victorian era they epitomized.

New York: Ballantine Books, 2004. Advance Reading Copy/Proof. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Softcover. 518 pages, with photographs. This fascinating, multihued portrait goes far beyond the previously known facts to reveal the extaordinary upbringing and curious life of a legend. This is the softcover advance reader's copy of the hardcover book that was published in September 2004. Near fine. Unread. From my smoke-free collection..

New York: Ballantine Books, 2004. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 535 pages; 6 5/8 x 9 1/2" Date inked on top corner of last page. Otherwise text block is in fine condition.

New York: Ballantine Books, 2004. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 9 1/4 h x 6 1/4w. A real nice clean unmarked 560 page first edition (stated) hardcover with 1 low in number line. Florence Nightingale was for a time the most famous woman in Britain, if not the world. We know her today primarily as a saintly character, perhaps as a heroic reformer of Britain's health-care system. The reality is more involved and far more fascinating. In an utterly beguiling narrative that reads like the best Victorian fiction, acclaimed author Gillian Gill tells the story of this richly complex woman and her extraordinary family..