Florence Nightingale and the Malvern Water CureWeaver C F, 2016, Cora Weaver, Malvern, 28 pages, 14 illustrations, Size: A5.NEW
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) is best remembered for her work in the Crimean War hospitals, nursing sick and wounded soldiers. By the time she returned to England in 1856, a combination of the dreadful conditions at the Barrack Hospital at Scutari, and a severe illness that she had contracted in the Crimea, resulted in the complete breakdown of her mental and physical health. Ten times she visited the spa of Great Malvern to recover, and in Florence Nightingale and the Malvern Water Cure, Cora examines Florence's illness and how she tried to resolve it. The book also reveals many previously unpublished facts about Florence's life in Malvern. The price below includes dispatch direct from Malverrn
ISBN: 978-1-873809-53-2 £4.49 | |
Charles Darwin & Evelyn Waugh in MalvernCora WeaverPublished in 2009 by Cora Weaver, 19 pages, 21 illustrations, 1 map, Size: 15cm x 21cm
Brief guide, with illustrations and map designed for day or weekend visitors to Malvern. Darwin came to Malvern for spa treatment on several occasions and brought his daughter here for similar treatment in 1851. She died while in Malvern and her grave is in the Priory churchyard.
The book includes a map of what to see as well as many black and white illustrations.
ISBN: 978 1 873809 77 8 £2.50 | |
A Short Guide to Elizabeth Barrett & George Bernard Shaw in MalvernCora Weaver OUT OF STOCK - AWAITING REPUBLICATIONPublished in 1992, by Cora Weaver, 15 pages, 12 illustrations, 2 maps, Size: 15cm x 21cm
Brief guide with illustrations and map, designed for the day or weekend visitors to Malvern. Find out where they stayed, people and places they visited and what they wrote in or for Malvern.
Elgar Variations and Enigmas
Cora Weaver, 2015
This book examines why Elgar's engagement to Helen ended and why she left Worcester. It investigates Helen's enigmatic friend from Bradford, Annie Groveham. There is new information about Helen as a musician and previously unpublished photographs.
There are about 100 prolifically illustrated pages.
Size: 15cm x 23 cm.
ISBN: 978-1-4931-9343-1 £13.99 | |
Dr Wilson and his Malvern Hydro
Janet Grierson, 1998
Published by Cora Weaver, 142 pages, 24 illustrations, Size: 15cm x 21cm
Well researched look at the life and work of Dr Wilson, a hydrotherapy pioneer in England; also investigates the work of other hydrotherapy doctors in Malvern in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Temperance, Therapy and Trilobites
Janet Grierson, 2001
Publisher - Cora Weaver, 167 pages, 11 illustrations, 1 map, Size: 15cm x 21cm
Dr Ralph Grindrod, Victorian Pioneer
- Water Cure Doctor of Great Malvern Spa
- his life and interests.
Tadworth - The Village On The DownsDr Bruce E OsborneThis book traces the late 19th and 20th century development of a village on the North Downs. From a railway station and a water tower,Tadworth has become a desireabe residential area lying adjacent to large areas of open heathland yet within easy reach of London and the south-east. First published in 2015, this 2016 edition has 48 pages and is A4 in size, with colourful illustrations.
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