Mary Seacole was born in 1805 in Jamaica, the daughter of a Scottish soldier and a free Black woman.
This book is the story of those times, to.
Undeterred, she set up the \'British Hotel\' just behind the lines, selling food and drink and caring for injured soldiers.
When the Crimean war began in 1853, she offered her services to Nurse the wounded but was rejected.
From her mother she learned traditional African herbal medicine and also incorporated European medical ideas into her treatments.
Mary Seacole was born in 1805 in Jamaica, the daughter of a Scottish soldier and a free Black woman