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Jane Evans - Based on the True Story of a Welsh Woman's Journey F: Based on the True Story of a Welsh Woman's Journey from Drover to the Crimea

Jane Evans - Based on the True Story of a Welsh Woman's Journey F: Based on the True Story of a Welsh Woman's Journey from Drover to the Crimea

by Christine Purkis (Author), Christine Purkis (Author)

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Synopsis

Set in 1850s Wales, London and the Crimea, Jane Evans is a novel about the real first woman on the drove, who also nursed under Florence Nightingale. Fleeing her harsh life in rural Wales, Jane ends up nursing wounded soldiers in inhuman conditions in the Crimea. Can she survive the dangers and return to Wales and what home will she find there?

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Publisher: Y Lolfa
Published: 23 Jan 2019
ISBN 10: 1912631008
ISBN 13: 9781912631001

Media Reviews
Jane Evans is a historical novel set in Wales, London and the Crimea. It is the fictionalised story of the real Jane Evans, the first woman on the drove and a nurse with Florence Nightingale in the Crimea. In the 1850s, a young woman runs away from her poverty-stricken life on a farm in the heart of rural Welsh-speaking Wales, to escape harsh treatment by her brothers and a forced marriage to a much older neighbour. She joins her cousin Isaacs drove, against the odds proving herself invaluable on the hard journey to London. After arriving, she eventually finds herself shipping out to the Crimea to assist in a hospital for injured soldiers. Given that the arena of the war is so small she comes into direct contact with Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole and Betsi Cadwaladr in their mutual battle against inhuman conditions, and tries to bring some relief to the lost souls she finds there. Will she survive the dangers and return home to Wales, and if she does, what reception will she find there? Based on a real unsung heroine from Welsh history, this novel is full of fascinating, well-researched historical detail about the drove and about nursing in the Crimea. -- Y Lolfa