Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (1984 Falling Wall Press edition) (Q2472)
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1984 edition, published by Falling Wall Press, Bristol, England
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| English | Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (1984 Falling Wall Press edition) |
1984 edition, published by Falling Wall Press, Bristol, England |
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First published by James Blackwood, July 1857 | Second edition published by Falling Wall Press, February 1984
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Introduction, notes, bibliography and index, copyright ©1984 | by Ziggi Alexander and Audrey Dewjee
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Printed and bound in Great Britain by SRP Ltd., Exeter | Cover printed by Potten, Baber & Murray Ltd., Bristol
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Wonderful Adventures | of | Mrs SEACOLE | in many lands | Edited by | Ziggi Alexander & Audrey Dewjee | FALLING WALL PRESS
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page 20
map of the Crimea and the Black Sea, 1854-6
Caption: Map, designed by Manuel Lopez Parras, from Elspeth Huxley's biography, Florence Nightingale, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1975.
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page 45
Caption: Portrait of Mrs. Seacole by William Simpson, R.I.
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page 1 of plates
Caption: 1. The cover of the original edition of Wonderful Adventures, 1857
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page 2 of plates
Caption: 2. View of Kingston, before the fire of 1843.
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page 3 of plates
Caption: 3. Harbour Street, Kingston, c. 1835.
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page 4 of plates
Caption: Crossing the Isthmus of Panama, 1849.
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page 5 of plates
Caption: 5. Mary Seacole before the Crimean War.
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page 6 of plates
Caption: Map from A History of the British Army, Vol. 13, by J.W. Fortescue; to which have been added the locations of A, the British Hotel, Spring Hill, and B, Cathcart's Hill.
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page 7 of plates
Caption: 7. The 'Sick Wharf' at Balaclava. Mary Seacole assisted with the embarkation of the sick and wounded for the Black Sea crossing to the Scutari hospitals.
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page 8 of plates
Caption: Balaclava Harbour – Mary Seacole's first 'home' in the Crimea.
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page 9 of plates
Caption: 9a. Sketch including Mrs. Seacole's Hut from A Narrative of Personal Experiences and Impressions during a Residence on the Bosphorus throughout the Crimean War by Lady Alicia Blackwood.
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page 9 of plates
Caption: 9b. The road from Balaclava to the British Camp, which passed the British Hotel.
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page 10 of plates
Caption: 10. Alexis Soyer visiting Mary Seacole at the British Hotel.
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page 11 of plates
Caption: 11. Mrs. Seacole as depicted in Punch, 30 May, 1857.
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page 12 of plates
Caption: 12. Officers making the most of Christmas Dinner in the Crimea, 1855.
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page 13 of plates
Caption: 13. Evacuation of the Crimea by the Allies, 9 July, 1856. 'Conspicuous in the foreground is Mrs. Seacole, dressed in a plaid riding-habit, and the smartest of hats, calling everybody her son.' Illustrated London News, 30 August, 1856.
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page 14 of plates
Caption: 14. Date Tree Hall which stood next door to Blundell Hall and represents the style of buildings in that area when Mrs. Seacole had her establishment there. Destroyed by the earthquake of 1907, both buildings had been boarding houses in former days.
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page 15 of plates
15. The bust of Mary Seacole by Count Gleichen, 1871.
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page 16 of plates
16a. Mary Seacole's grave in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Harrow Road, London.
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page 16 of plates
Caption: 16b. Procession on its way to the Centenary Commemoration Service, 14 May, 1981.
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pages 49-50
original "introductory preface" by William Howard Russell
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pages 235-238
Appendix 1: A Stir for Seacole
Appendix 2: Seacole Fund leaflet
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DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, | TO | MAJOR-GENERAL LORD ROKEBY, K.C.B., | BY HIS LORDSHIP'S | HUMBLE AND MOST GRATEFUL SERVANT, | MARY SEACOLE.
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