Background Reading
If you’d like to read more about the background to The Rose of Sebastopol, here are a few suggestions:
Any one of these books will draw you deeper into the world of The Rose of Sebastopol.
For women in the Crimea:
No Place for the Ladies – Helen Rappaport (Aurum Press)
Florence Nightingale, Letters from the Crimea – Sue M. Goldie. (Mandolin)
For the Crimean background:
The Crimean War – Paul Kerr (Macmillan)
Crimea – Trevor Royle (Abacus)
For the Victorian background:
The Victorians. A.N. Wilson (Hutchinson)
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon Pam Hirsch (Chatto & Windus).
