Mary Seacole & Black Victorian History
remarkable women in extraordinary circumstances
“Helen not only writes evocatively but the joy of her books is in the detail.”
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Mary Seacole & Black Victorian History
My long held ambition to write a biography of Mary Seacole has finally come to pass.
The end product of many years of extensive & exhaustive research, this book reveals the true story of this remarkable woman, unravelling numerous myths & misconceptions & detailing much new evidence about her extraordinary life.
Articles about Mary Seacole and Black Victorian History
George Bridgetower: The Black Violinist at the Court of the Prince of Wales
George BridgetowerThe Black Violinist at the Court of the Prince of Wales Haydn, it is said, had given young George violin lessons and was the first to take note of his prodigious musical gifts. The Extraordinary life of George Augustus Polgreen...
Mary Seacole, Creole Doctress, Nurse and Healer
In Crimea during 1854–5 Mary Seacole demonstrated that her home-grown Jamaican practice of hygiene, healthy food, natural remedies and kindness – had a lot more to offer than traditional medicine, making her nursing practice a far more modern, holistic one that people might have imagined.
Sarah Forbes Bonetta: the Captive African Princess Gifted to Queen Victoria
In its Christmas Special for December 2017 the ITV series Victoria featured the story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a captive African princess who was brought to the court of Queen Victoria. She has frequently been described as the Queen’s goddaughter’ but this is not in fact true…
The lost portrait of Mary Seacole and its forgotten artist
The story of the extraordinary journey I went on, in search of Mary Seacole – a journey that brought me to her lost portrait that now hangs in London’s National Portrait Gallery.