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Cecil Woodham-Smith

Born

in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, The United Kingdom

April 29, 1896

Died

March 16, 1977

Genre

History, Biography

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Cecil Blanche Woodham-Smith (née Fitzgerald) was a British historian and biographer. She wrote four popular history books, each dealing with a different aspect of the Victorian era.

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Average rating: 4.12 · 2,379 ratings · 305 reviews · 47 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845 - 1849 4.18 avg rating — 1,275 ratings — published 1962 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reason Why: The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade 4.17 avg rating — 578 ratings — published 1953 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Florence Nightingale 3.92 avg rating — 368 ratings — published 1951 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queen Victoria, From her Birth to the Death of the Prince Consort 3.98 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1972 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reader's Digest Condensed Books; Winter 1955, Volume 20: The Reason Why / The China I Knew / My Brother's Keeper / Good Morning, Miss Dove / The Darby Trial by Cecil Woodham-Smith, Pearl S. Buck, Marcia Davenport really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lonely Crusader : The Life Of Florence Nightingale, Based On Private Papers Just Recently Made Public it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE A Biography Based on Private Papers and Letters Never Before Made Public it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reason Why. the Charge of the Light Brigade it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reason Why it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queen Victoria: Her Life and Times Volume I 1819-1861 liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Cecil Woodham-Smith (?)

“There is no giving advice to a young man so much in love.”
― Cecil Woodham-Smith, The Reason Why: The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade

tags: advice, love

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“It was not a union which seemed likely to prosper, since its chief characteristics were imprudence, youth and extreme good looks.”
― Cecil Woodham-Smith

tags: marriage-advice-advice

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“...moderate your desire of producing perfection, temper your eagerness to produce faultless performance...and soften your manners towards those who are subordinate to you...”
― Cecil Woodham-Smith

tags: behavior

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