‘Flight of the Wild Swan’ By Melissa Pritchard Bellevue Literary Press, 416 pages. In Melissa Pritchard’s biographical novel, Florence Nightingale, the fabled “lady with the lamp” who brought women ...

The letters date between 1853 and 1893, when Nightingale was between the ages of 33 to 73 (she died at age 90). According to the Florence Nightingale Museum in London, UAB’s Nightingale collection ...

He took particular exception to an order Miss Nightingale had placed for "500 dozen of Port Wine, 300 dozen of Essence of Beef and other articles." These were unnecessary extravagances, he asserted.

Miss Nightingale’s father, a chocolatier, being widowed at the time of her birth, had brought his daughter up on his own. They became companions and remained so until his death, ...

In the letter, Bosanquet invited Pettit to visit “to look on Miss Nightingale’s peaceful face.” “She passed away quietly at 2pm yesterday resting on her pillows just as she had been placed ...

In the letter, Bosanquet invited Pettit to visit “to look on Miss Nightingale’s peaceful face.” “She passed away quietly at 2pm yesterday resting on her pillows just as she had been placed ...

London (CNN) — Photos thought to be among the last taken of Florence Nightingale are among a number of items related to the famed English nurse going up for auction in London. The small, sepia ...