Jane Evans - Based on the True Story of a Welsh Woman's Journey from Drover to the Crimea

Set in 1850s Wales, London and the Crimea, Jane Evans is a novel about the real first woman on the drove, who also nursed under Florence Nightingale. Fleeing her harsh life in rural Wales, Jane ends up nursing wounded soldiers in inhuman conditions in the Crimea. Can she survive the dangers and return to Wales and what home will she find there? -- Welsh Books Council