The Extraordinary Life of Mary Seacole
$19.78
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
5 November 2019
Summary
A bold new non-fiction series for 7+ readers focusing on the lives of inspirational historical and modern figures.
Mary Seacole is now known for her medical work in the Crimean War, and as a brilliant woman who combated the racial prejudice she experienced in her lifetime. But for a long time, her story was lost.
From growing up in Kingston, Jamaica, as the daughter of a doctress to helping soldiers in the war, discover the details of the amazing life that Mary Seacole led in …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241372777 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241372771 |
| Author: | Naida Redgrave, Alleanna Harris |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Puffin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 5 November 2019 |
| Weight: | 111g |
| Dimensions: | 8mm x 129mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Extraordinary Lives |
| Audience Age: | 7-12 |
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Naida Redgrave
Naida Redgrave is a TV writer and author.
She was most recently part of a Channel 4 commissioned writers’ room for a drama series with Lonesome Pine. Her drama series, Wild Island, won the 2018 TriForce Writerslam competition and is currently under option and in development. Her original pilot, Home, was a finalist in the 2015 C21 Drama Series Script competition and was optioned by Erica Motley (Taboo).
Naida is a Visiting Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Roehampton and a PhD candidate at the University of East London.
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