Book description
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. Katharine McMahon is the author of five novels. She has taught in
secondary schools, performed in local theatre and worked as a Royal
Literary Fund fellow teaching writing skills at the Universities of
Hertfordshire and Warwick. She lives in Hertfordshire.
