Edith Cavell: Faith Before the Firing Squad

by Catherine Butcher

Book Overview

Edith Louisa Cavell was a British nurse. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during the First World War, for which she was arrested. She was subsequently court-martialled, found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. She was shot by a German firing squad at the age of 49. Her execution was greeted with worldwide condemnation and extensive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857216570
• ISBN13: 9780857216571
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Monarch Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.7"