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Dr James Barry
A Woman Ahead of Her Time
Taschenbuch von Michael Du Preez (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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A Sunday Times Book of the Year

As featured on the BBC Radio 2 Book Club

Dr James Barry was many things in his life: Inspector General of Hospitals, army surgeon, duellist, reformer, lady killer, eccentric. He performed the first successful Caesarean in the British Empire, outraged the military establishment, and gave Florence Nightingale a dressing down at Scutari. At home he was surrounded by a menagerie of animals, including a cat, a goat, a parrot and a terrier. But most astonishingly, long ago in Cork, Ireland, he had been a young girl and a mother.

Drawing on a decade of research in archives all over the world, including the unearthing of previously unknown material, Michael du Preez and Jeremy Dronfield tell the amazing true story of Margaret Anne Bulkley, the young woman who broke the rules of Georgian society to become one of the most respected and controversial army surgeons of the century. In an extraordinary life, she crossed paths with the British Empire's great and good, royalty and rebels, soldiers and slaves. A medical pioneer, she rose to a position that no woman before her had been allowed to occupy. However, for all her successes, her long, audacious deception also left her isolated, even costing her the chance to be with the man she loved.
A Sunday Times Book of the Year

As featured on the BBC Radio 2 Book Club

Dr James Barry was many things in his life: Inspector General of Hospitals, army surgeon, duellist, reformer, lady killer, eccentric. He performed the first successful Caesarean in the British Empire, outraged the military establishment, and gave Florence Nightingale a dressing down at Scutari. At home he was surrounded by a menagerie of animals, including a cat, a goat, a parrot and a terrier. But most astonishingly, long ago in Cork, Ireland, he had been a young girl and a mother.

Drawing on a decade of research in archives all over the world, including the unearthing of previously unknown material, Michael du Preez and Jeremy Dronfield tell the amazing true story of Margaret Anne Bulkley, the young woman who broke the rules of Georgian society to become one of the most respected and controversial army surgeons of the century. In an extraordinary life, she crossed paths with the British Empire's great and good, royalty and rebels, soldiers and slaves. A medical pioneer, she rose to a position that no woman before her had been allowed to occupy. However, for all her successes, her long, audacious deception also left her isolated, even costing her the chance to be with the man she loved.
Über den Autor

Michael du Preez graduated from medical school in 1958 and went on to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. Since retiring in 2001, he¿s spent over a decade researching the life of Dr James Barry. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

Jeremy Dronfield is a writer, biographer and novelist. He lives in Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Neuzeit
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781786071194
ISBN-10: 1786071193
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Du Preez, Michael
Dronfield, Jeremy
Hersteller: Oneworld Publications
Maße: 195 x 126 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: Michael Du Preez (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.07.2017
Gewicht: 0,379 kg
Artikel-ID: 109144712
Über den Autor

Michael du Preez graduated from medical school in 1958 and went on to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. Since retiring in 2001, he¿s spent over a decade researching the life of Dr James Barry. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

Jeremy Dronfield is a writer, biographer and novelist. He lives in Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Neuzeit
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781786071194
ISBN-10: 1786071193
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Du Preez, Michael
Dronfield, Jeremy
Hersteller: Oneworld Publications
Maße: 195 x 126 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: Michael Du Preez (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.07.2017
Gewicht: 0,379 kg
Artikel-ID: 109144712
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