https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=SU%3A%20(WOMEN%20%2B%20BLACK%20%2B%20JAMAICA%20%2B%20BIOGRAPHY)&QRYTEXT=Subject%3A%20Women%2C%20Black%20--%20Jamaica%20--%20Biography%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5409414&CF=BIB 'In Search of Mary Seacole' is a revealing biography that explores her remarkable achievements and unique status as an icon of the 19th century, but also corrects some of the myths that have grown around her life and career. Having been raised in Jamaica and worked in Panama, Mary Seacole came to England in the 1850s and volunteered to help out during the Crimean War. When her services were turned down, she financed her own expedition to Balaclava, where she earned her reputation as a nurse and for her compassion. Popularly known as 'Mother Seacole', she was the most famous Black celebrity of her generation - an extraordinary achievement in Victorian Britain. 'In Search of Mary Seacole' is a revealing biography that explores her remarkable achievements and unique status as an icon of the 19th century, but also corrects some of the myths that have grown around her life and career. Having been raised in Jamaica and worked in Panama, Mary Seacole came to England in the 1850s and volunteered to help out during the Crimean War. When her services were turned down, she financed her own expedition to Balaclava, where she earned her reputation as a nurse and for her compassion. Popularly known as 'Mother Seacole', she was the most famous Black celebrity of her generation - an extraordinary achievement in Victorian Britain.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Rappaport, Helen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Simon & Schuster, 2023.<br />405 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Portslade Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 920 SEA - Onloan - Due: 08 May 2024 - 95000000089574<br />Rottingdean Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 920 SEA - Available - 95000000089239<br /> https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5186686&CF=BIB 'In Search of Mary Seacole' is a revealing biography that explores her remarkable achievements and unique status as an icon of the 19th century, but also corrects some of the myths that have grown around her life and career. Having been raised in Jamaica and worked in Panama, Mary Seacole came to England in the 1850s and volunteered to help out during the Crimean War. When her services were turned down, she financed her own expedition to Balaclava, where she earned her reputation as a nurse and for her compassion. Popularly known as 'Mother Seacole', she was the most famous Black celebrity of her generation - an extraordinary achievement in Victorian Britain. 'In Search of Mary Seacole' is a revealing biography that explores her remarkable achievements and unique status as an icon of the 19th century, but also corrects some of the myths that have grown around her life and career. Having been raised in Jamaica and worked in Panama, Mary Seacole came to England in the 1850s and volunteered to help out during the Crimean War. When her services were turned down, she financed her own expedition to Balaclava, where she earned her reputation as a nurse and for her compassion. Popularly known as 'Mother Seacole', she was the most famous Black celebrity of her generation - an extraordinary achievement in Victorian Britain.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Rappaport, Helen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Simon & Schuster, 2022.<br />405 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 25 cm<br /><br />Hove Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 920 SEA - Available - 95000000055545<br />Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 920 SEA - Available - 95000000055434<br /> https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5069915&CF=BIB This title is an engaging self portrait. The author emerges as am independent and respected maternal figure, the model of female achievement in Victorian culture. She also gives the reader an insight into the life of a Jamaican woman in the 19th century. This title is an engaging self portrait. The author emerges as am independent and respected maternal figure, the model of female achievement in Victorian culture. She also gives the reader an insight into the life of a Jamaican woman in the 19th century.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Seacole, Mary, 1805-1881<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperPress, 2021.<br />224 pages ; 18 cm.<br />Collins classics<br /><br />Hove Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 920 SEA - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 95000000111837<br />Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 920 SEA - Available - 95000000112488<br /> https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=300646&CF=BIB For more than a century after her death Mary Seacole, recently voted the greatest black Briton in history, was all but forgotten. This full-length biography brings her centre stage and examines her life and times. For more than a century after her death Mary Seacole, recently voted the greatest black Briton in history, was all but forgotten. This full-length biography brings her centre stage and examines her life and times.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Robinson, Jane, 1959-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Constable, 2006.<br />288 p. ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Patcham Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 920 SEA - Available - 03424895<br /> https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=200440&CF=BIB This text is an engaging self portrait. The author emerges as am independent and respected maternal figure, the model of female achievement in Victorian culture. She also gives the reader an insight into the life of a Jamaican woman in the 19th century. This text is an engaging self portrait. The author emerges as am independent and respected maternal figure, the model of female achievement in Victorian culture. She also gives the reader an insight into the life of a Jamaican woman in the 19th century.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Seacole, Mary, 1805-1881<br />[New ed.] / edited and with an introduction by Sara Salih.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Penguin, 2005.<br />lii, 224 p. : maps ; 20 cm.<br />Penguin classics<br /><br />Hove Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 920 SEA - Available - 03473039<br />Rottingdean Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 920 SEA - Onloan - Due: 22 Nov 2023 - Claims returned (Set: 20 Nov 2023) - 04325225<br />