Secret for a Nightingale (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series) - Hardcover

Holt, Victoria; Carr, Philippa; Plaidy, Jean

3.83

2,178 ratings by Goodreads

9780896217737: Secret for a Nightingale (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0896217736 ISBN 13: 9780896217737

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 1987

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

With the outbreak of the Crimean War, Susanna Pleydell journeys to the Middle East to work as a nurse with the legendary Florence Nightingale, but is haunted by a dark secret from her past

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

From the Back Cover:

Susanna Pleydell is a charming young innocent who has a very special power – a gift for healing – and when she marries the philanderer, Aubrey St Clare, she expects to live happily ever after. Until she discovers that the man she has married has a sinister, dark secret.

When Susanna meets with the enigmatic Dr Damien further disaster strikes. And it isn't until she travels to the dreaming domes and spires of exotic Constantinople and the grim hospital wards of Scutari that she comes face to face with her destiny and learns the truth about Dr Damien...

About the Author:

Born Eleanor Alice Burford, Victoria Holt was one of Britain's most prolific writers of historical romance. Always determined to keep her birth date and private life a closely guarded secret Holt wrote under many pseudonyms - Jean Plaidy was one of her most popular, and was created when she lived near Plaidy Beach in Cornwall. Having written over ninety historical romances, she then began a new series of Gothic romances, the first of which, Mistress of Mellyn, appeared in 1961.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.