Jane Evans - Based on the True Story of a Welsh Woman's Journey from Drover to the Crimea — Based on the True Story of a Welsh Woman's Journey from Drover to the Crimea

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Wedi'i gosod yn y 1850au, dyma nofel am Jane Evans, y wraig gyntaf i weithio fel porthmon, ac un a fu'n nyrsio dan oruchwyliaeth Florence Nightingale. Wedi iddi ddianc o galedi bywyd yng nghefn gwlad Cymru, bu'n nyrsio milwyr clwyfedig mewn amodau annynol yn y Crimea. A fydd yn llwyddo i oroesi'r peryglon a dychwelyd i Gymru - a beth fydd yn ei disgwyl yno?

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Set in 1850s Wales, London and the Crimea, Jane Evans is a novel about the real first woman on the drove, who also nursed under Florence Nightingale. Fleeing her harsh life in rural Wales, Jane ends up nursing wounded soldiers in inhuman conditions in the Crimea. Can she survive the dangers and return to Wales – and what will await her there?

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Christine Purkis has published several novels for children/young adults with Random House, including Paddlefeet , Sea Change and The Shuttered Room . This is her first novel for adults. She lives in Bristol. Review of The Shuttered Room : ‘A real breath of hot, French air comes with this fascinating novel set in the south of France... A captivating story by a talented writer’ ( Books for Keeps )

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Jane Evans is a historical novel set in Wales, London and the Crimea. It is the fictionalised story of the real Jane Evans, the first woman on the drove and a nurse with Florence Nightingale in the Crimea. In the 1850s, a young woman runs away from her poverty-stricken life on a farm in the heart of rural Welsh-speaking Wales, to escape harsh treatment by her brothers and a forced marriage to a much older neighbour. She joins her cousin Isaac’s drove, against the odds proving herself invaluable on the hard journey to London. After arriving, she eventually finds herself shipping out to the Crimea to assist in a hospital for injured soldiers. Given that the arena of the war is so small she comes into direct contact with Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole and Betsi Cadwaladr (aka Betsy Davis) in their mutual battle against inhuman conditions, and tries to bring some relief to the lost souls she finds there. Will she survive the dangers and return home to Wales, and if she does, what reception will she find there? Based on a real unsung heroine from Welsh history, this novel is full of fascinating, well-researched historical detail about the drove and about nursing in the Crimea.