Florence Nightingale letter reveals how she looked for a friend to adopt her cat called Mr Bismarck
A quirky letter by British nursing heroine Florence Nightingale about her little-mentioned love of cats has emerged for sale 144 years later. Nightingale, who became known as ‘Lady with the Lamp’ following her service as a nurse during the Crimean War, owned 60 felines throughout her life. At one point, she owned as many as … Read more
