The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. It may not have been the result of deliberate government policy, yet...

Das Buch "Florence Nightingale: 1820-1910" von Cecil Woodham-Smith ist eine ausführliche Biographie der berühmten Krankenschwester und Pionierin der modernen Pflege, Florence Nightingale. Es beschreibt ihr Leben, ihre Arbeit und ihren...