Mod post: theme suggestions

[damned_colonial]

Please suggest themes you'd like to see covered here! Cut and paste the following into a comment:

ETA: please put your theme in the subject of your comment!

Theme:
Are you prepared to run it? Yes/No
Suggested books, if you have them already:


What does it mean to run the theme?

1. At least one month in advance, you'll let everyone know about the theme and your suggested reading for it. You need to suggest at least 3 works of fiction.
2. On the first of the month, you will post a welcome/introduction/kickoff for the theme.
3. Throughout the month, you'll take an active part in discussion of the theme.

You do not have to be an expert on the theme to run it. You just need to have an interest in it.

Comments

[damned_colonial]

Wonder if there's anything fictionalised about Florence Nightingale?

[isis]

I vaguely remember having read one such. But only vaguely.

[jest]

There's bound to be something written for the YA market...

[jest]

The Rose of Sebastopol

It's not Nightingale but it might fill the niche. My local library has it - I'm going to check it out.

[damned_colonial]

That looks interesting actually, exactly because it's *not* explicitly about Florence.

[kinetikatrue]

Yep, The Story of Florence Nightingale, by Margaret Leighton. Childhood favorite of mine.

[oursin]

Or even better, Mary Seacole.

[wychwood]

I was about to suggest that - she's a cracking read! :)