The Case of Edith Cavell: A Study of the Rights of Non-Combatants

by James Montgomery Beck

Edith Louisa Cavell; 4 December 1865 - 12 October 1915) was a British nurse. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides without discrimination and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during the First World War, for which she was arrested. She was accused of treason, found guilty by a court-martial and sentenced to death. Despite international pressure for mercy, she was shot by a German firing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530953685
• ISBN13: 9781530953684
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 42 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"