The Rose of Sebastopol
Author : Katharine McMahon
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 2020-04-30
ISBN : 9781474616843
Pages : 416 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (616 Download)
Download PDF or read online The Rose of Sebastopol Book by Katharine McMahon and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : A spellbinding novel of love and courage set in the England, Italy and Florence Nightingale's Crimea. A Richard and Judy Book Club bestseller Russia, 1854: the Crimean War grinds on, and as the bitter winter draws near, the battlefield hospitals fill with dying men. In defiance of Florence Nightingale, Rosa Barr - young, headstrong and beautiful - travels to Balaklava, determined to save as many of the wounded as she can. For Rosa's cousin, Mariella, the war is contained within the pages of her scrapbook, in her London sewing circle, and in the letters she receives from Henry, her fiancé, a celebrated surgeon who has also volunteered to work within the shadow of the guns. When Henry falls ill and is sent to recuperate in Italy, Mariella impulsively decides she must go to him. But upon their arrival at his lodgings, she and her maid make a heartbreaking discovery... Following the trail of her elusive and captivating cousin, Mariella's epic journey takes her from the domestic restraint of Victorian London to the ravaged landscape of the Crimea and the tragic city of Sebastopol. As she ventures deeper into the dark heart of the conflict, Mariella's ordered world begins to crumble and she finds she has much to learn about secrecy, faithfulness and love.