Lest it be thought he was one-dimensional in siring only exceptional colts, Man o’ War also sired some distinguished fillies, among them the champion sisters Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell.

Florence Nightingale in bed at South Street in 1906, aged 86 Photographed by Elizabeth Bosanquet / Florence Nightingale Museum In 1854, Florence Nightingale arrived at a military hospital in ...

who qualified from the Nightingale School at St Thomas' Hospital, the first School of Nursing in England. Florence Nightingale started the school in 1860. She was inspired by her experience of ...

Florence Nightingale tells the story of her life and work, and shows how she grew up to become a nurse during the Crimean War. The story is told in the first person, and brought to life with a mix ...