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“The depth of research is admirable: this book draws on materials within the Nightingale family archive and is also the first major study to be able to use all sixteen volumes of Lynn McDonald’s Collected Works of Florence Nightingale … . This book is a valuable read for scholars of Nightingale and those working more broadly on the history of medicine and Victorian domesticity, as well as the public with an interest in this famous historical figure.” (Charlotte Wilson, BAVS Newsletter, Vol. 23 (2), 2023) “This latest book on Nightingale makes an insightful contribution to the existing literature on the world’s most well-known nurse, being the first to explore her domestic experiences and how the theme of home influenced her writings and work.” (David Stewart, nottinghamnursinghistory.wordpress.com, July 7, 2021) “Part of the pleasure in reading this thoughtful and well-executed collaborative work is the way in which the received narrative boundaries have been dissolved. … For any student of Nightingale, or of gender and health in the nineteenth century, the authors offer a wonderfully detailed discussion of the past 40 years of scholarship assembled along the lines of home and domesticity.” (Sioban Nelson, Social History of Medicine, March 12, 2021)

Few books succeed in entering the private life of such an important figure as Florence Nightingale. Inquiries into the private life of physicians and scientists are numerous, but not so many do it with tact or, more than anything, with a clear vision of the deep connection between the private life, 'at-homeness,' and a professional endeavor - here, the feeling to be generated in the patient's life. This is a book written with light brush strokes, all with great attention to detail. (Alain Touwaide, Doody's Book Reviews, March 19, 2021)

Few books succeed in entering the private life of such an important figure as Florence Nightingale. Inquiries into the private life of physicians and scientists are numerous, but not so many do it with tact or, more than anything, with a clear vision of the deep connection between the private life, 'at-homeness,' and a professional endeavor - here, the feeling to be generated in the patient's life. This is a book written with light brush strokes, all with great attention to detail. (Alain Touwaide, Doody's Book Reviews, March 19, 2021) Part of the pleasure in reading this thoughtful and well-executed collaborative work is the way in which the received narrative boundaries have been dissolved. ... For any student of Nightingale, or of gender and health in the nineteenth century, the authors offer a wonderfully detailed discussion of the past 40 years of scholarship assembled along the lines of home and domesticity. (Sioban Nelson, Social History of Medicine, March 12, 2021)

This latest book on Nightingale makes an insightful contribution to the existing literature on the world's most well-known nurse, being the first to explore her domestic experiences and how the theme of home influenced her writings and work. (David Stewart, nottinghamnursinghistory.wordpress.com, July 7, 2021) Few books succeed in entering the private life of such an important figure as Florence Nightingale. Inquiries into the private life of physicians and scientists are numerous, but not so many do it with tact or, more than anything, with a clear vision of the deep connection between the private life, 'at-homeness,' and a professional endeavor - here, the feeling to be generated in the patient's life. This is a book written with light brush strokes, all with great attention to detail. (Alain Touwaide, Doody's Book Reviews, March 19, 2021) Part of the pleasure in reading this thoughtful and well-executed collaborative work is the way in which the received narrative boundaries have been dissolved. ... For any student of Nightingale, or of gender and health in the nineteenth century, the authors offer a wonderfully detailed discussion of the past 40 years of scholarship assembled along the lines of home and domesticity. (Sioban Nelson, Social History of Medicine, March 12, 2021)

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Paul Crawford is Professor of Health Humanities in the Faculty of Medicine and HealthSciences at the University of Nottingham, UK. Anna Greenwood is Associate Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts at the Universityof Nottingham, UK. Richard Bates is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Faculty of Arts at the University ofNottingham, UK. Jonathan Memel is Lecturer in English Literature in the School of Humanities at Bishop Grosseteste University, UK.

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