The Passionate Pilgrim (Terrot book)

The Passionate Pilgrim

Author	Charles Terrot
Language	English
Subject	nurses, Crimean War
Genre	nonfiction
Publisher	Harper and Brothers
Publication date	1948
Publication place	United States

The Passionate Pilgrim is a 1948 novel by Charles Terrot about the nurses who accompanied Florence Nightingale to the Crimea in 1854. It was based on the adventures of Terrot's ancestor, who had been one of the nurses.[1]

Television adaptations

The book was adapted a number of times for television including:

• 1949 for the BBC.[2]
• 1950 for US television as an episode of Studio One.[3] Sumner Locke Elliott did the adaptation.[4][5][6]
• 1953 for the BBC.[7]

References

1. Cooke, Lez (8 July 2015). "The Passionate Pilgrim (1953)".
2. Passionate Pilgrim 1949 TV movie at IMDb
3. Passionate Pilgrim 1950 TV movie at IMDb
4. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (5 August 1950), "PEOPLE OF Note", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1503372297, retrieved 26 September 2024 – via Trove
5. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (22 July 1950), "Radio ROUNDABOUT", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1503355882, retrieved 26 September 2024 – via Trove
6. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (29 July 1950), "Television in the U.S.A. Writers View of "Fast-growing Frankenstein Monster"", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1503360505, retrieved 26 September 2024 – via Trove
7. Passionate Pilgrum 1953 TV movie at IMDb