There can be no more welcome sight, as a soldier during the Crimean War, than discovering a cottage/hotel where you can be offered hot tea, lemonade, champagne, and a nice slap up meal while getting your wounds treated and having that cholera of yours looked into. You've been meaning to get around to it. This week on That Time When, Amelia tells us the story of Mary Seacole, who is often forcibly compared to Florence Nightingale, but just seemed to be a bit more fun.

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