Crimean Journals of the Sisters of Mercy, 1854-56

In December 1854 fifteen nuns from Ireland and England arrived in the Crimea to nurse the sick and wounded British soldiers who were fighting in the Crimean War. The head of this mission was Mother M. Francis Bridgeman of Kinsale, and amongst her community were Sister M. Doyle of Gort and Sister M. Joseph Croke of Charleville. All three kept an account of their experiences, recording the conditions under which they travelled to the Crimea, the state of the hospitals they worked in, their relationships with the soldiers, medical and military authorities. This is the first publication of these three journals in one volume; it includes letters from Florence Nightingale.Luddy, Maria is the author of 'Crimean Journals of the Sisters of Mercy, 1854-56' with ISBN 9781851827565 and ISBN 1851827560.