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While serving as a nurse in Bulgaria, Kate Marsden saw firsthand the horrors of leprosy--and determined to journey to the leper colonies of Yakutsk, 2,000 miles across the Siberian wastes. Armed with the patronage of both Queen Victoria and the Russian Czarina, she strode forth. With passion and wit, this extraordinary Victorian lady recounts the amazing story of her search for the lepers and for an elusive remedial herb. Illustrated with contemporary drawings.
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On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Siberian Lepers, Kate Marsden
- Language
- Released
- 2001
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Siberian Lepers
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kate Marsden
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 243
- ISBN10
- 1842123971
- ISBN13
- 9781842123973
- Series
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- While serving as a nurse in Bulgaria, Kate Marsden saw firsthand the horrors of leprosy--and determined to journey to the leper colonies of Yakutsk, 2,000 miles across the Siberian wastes. Armed with the patronage of both Queen Victoria and the Russian Czarina, she strode forth. With passion and wit, this extraordinary Victorian lady recounts the amazing story of her search for the lepers and for an elusive remedial herb. Illustrated with contemporary drawings.