‘In this interesting and well-written book, the author, herself a trained nurse and historian, has delved into the lives of the people who were also nursing during the Crimean War contemporaneously with Nightingale. These persons, who made significant contributions to nursing, are little remembered and largely forgotten today.’ – Dr Banerjee, Journal of Medical Humanities

‘I really enjoyed getting to learn about other nurses around the time of Florence Nightingale. The research was everything that I was looking for and enjoyed how everything that I wanted about this. Louise Wyatt has a strong writing style and was glad I got to read this.’ – NetGalley

‘A brilliant and informative history that rescues from an undeserved obscurity the lives and times of King Edward’s grandchildren, “Edward I’s Granddaughters: Murder, Power and Plantagenets” by Louise Wyatt is an extraordinary and inherently fascinating study that is a particularly and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library British Royal History/Biography collections.’ – Midwest Book Review

Working as a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Senior Community Nurse, Louise became interested in nursing history whilst a student nurse in the historic Glenside campus in Bristol. However, she had an all-consuming interest in medieval and local history for as long as she can remember. Louise then wrote a very private (unpublished!) blog post in 2012 whilst off work with a broken ankle, mainly about the walks & rambles she had been on and coming across old, historical places and buildings. Louise then had the courage to turn her blog into ‘public’ mode and was lucky enough to get a contract with a publisher on the strength of her online articles. Louise loves researching the more unknown facets of history; her Edward I’s Granddaughters book was borne from falling down a research rabbit hole whilst writing Secret Chepstow. Louise has also written articles for various history magazines.

Louise’s current work in progress is about the decline and decimation of health/nursing care for the sick poor during and after Henry VIII’s Reformation.