John Mitchinson on Florence Nightingale
In this extract from his "Eminent Victorians" Idler Online Course, QI and Unbound co-founder John Mitchinson lectures on the strange life of Florence Nightingale, the nursing pioneer who went to bed for 37 years. Part one of a six-part course, available at idler.co.uk
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