Length6h 53m
About this audiobook
History remembers Florence Nightingale as the gentle “Lady with the Lamp.” The truth is far more fierce. Born into Victorian wealth, she defied social conventions to transform nursing from a disreputable trade into a disciplined science.
Confronting Crimean War hospitals plagued by cholera, gangrene, and indifference, she weaponized statistics to prove neglect killed more soldiers than bullets. Confined to a London sickbed for decades after, she pioneered data visualization, founded professional nursing, and revolutionized global sanitation.
Spanning over 6 hours of audio, Florence Nightingale: Rebel of Mercy reveals the brilliant, unapologetic strategist who saved millions of lives.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length6 hrs 53 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 7, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
11. Chapter 1: The Gilded Cage (1820–1836)
22. Chapter 2: The Divine Call (1837–1849)
33. Chapter 3: Apprenticeship in Healing (1850–1853)
44. Chapter 4: The Call to the East (1853–1854)
55. Chapter 5: The Barrack of Horrors (Late 1854–Early 1855)
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66. Chapter 6: The Legend and the Crisis (1855–1856)
77. Chapter 7: The Coxcomb and the Crown (1856–1859)
88. Chapter 8: Revolution from the Sickbed (1859–1865)
99. Chapter 9: The Global Reformer (1866–1890)
1010. Chapter 10: The Quiet Twilight (1890–1910)
1111. Special Note
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