In the Shadow of the Lamp

It's 1854 and sixteen-year-old Molly would give anything to change her

circumstances as a lowly servant in a posh London house. So when she

hears of an opportunity to join the nurses who will be traveling with

Florence Nightingale to the Crimea, she jumps at the chance. The work is

grueling, the hospital conditions deplorable, and Miss Nightingale a

demanding teacher. Before long, the plight of British soldiers becomes

more than just a mission of mercy as Molly finds that she's falling in

love with both a dashing young doctor and a soldier who has joined the

army to be near her. But with the battle raging ever nearer, can Molly

keep the two men she cares for from harm? A love story to savor, and a

fascinating behind-the-scenes imagining of the woman who became known as the lady with the lamp.