God’s HandmaidenGervase Howard, a young nurse serving under Florence Nightingale in the Crimea, returns home to care for a young nobleman who lies in a comathe only man she has ever loved, but who is married to someone else. A historical and romantic adventure woven around the story of Florence Nightingale. Gervase Howard is in her mid teens when her working class mother dies and she must go to live with relatives in service to a wealthy, noble family, outside of