A Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell


Lu par Lee Smalley

(4.3 étoiles; 23 critiques)

Edith L. Cavell (1865–1915) was a British nurse who attended to soldiers of both sides during World War I, and helped some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium, for which she was arrested, court-martialed, found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. Attempts to mount an appeal failed, and she was summarily executed within hours of the sentence by a German firing squad. Publication of the news prompted spontaneous grief and worldwide condemnation. Many memorials were created around the world, including a statue adjacent to Trafalgar Square in London. --Adapted from Wikipedia

NOTE: After recording Chapter 7, the reader became aware that the subject's family pronounced the surname as it rhymes with "gravel", and he therefore pronounces it CAvel in subsequent chapters.

The first edition of this book was published in 1916. The final portion of Chapter 15 is from a later edition. ( Wikipedia page on Edith Cavell)

Genre(s): War & Military, Biography & Autobiography

Language: English

Keyword(s): World War I (143), nursing (26), heroism (14), martyrdom (7)

(2 hr 47 min)

Chapitres

Introduction 9:35 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Heel of the Oppressor 12:10 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Arrest 7:19 Lu par Lee Smalley
Spinning the Toils 6:22 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Secret Trial 7:20 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Fight For a Life 10:47 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Blood of the Martyr 9:39 Lu par Lee Smalley
In Memoriam 15:52 Lu par Lee Smalley
British Official Reprobation 9:23 Lu par Lee Smalley
Germany's Cynical Defence 8:48 Lu par Lee Smalley
Justice and Savagery 5:33 Lu par Lee Smalley
Pulpit and Pen Unite 14:02 Lu par Lee Smalley
Lash of the World's Press 32:35 Lu par Lee Smalley
America's Verdict 8:00 Lu par Lee Smalley
Conclusion 10:14 Lu par Lee Smalley

Critiques


(5 étoiles)

Worthy book. I wish there was more information about her work before she was imprisoned. She truly died a heroine. I remember seeing Mt Edith Cavell in Jasper AB when I was a young girl and was impressed then already by her heroic deeds.

unmissable


(5 étoiles)

Thank you Lee for bringing this book to Librevox. A story worth telling that should be better known. What a wonderful woman.

this reader is excellent !


(5 étoiles)

Interesting narrative that I had never heard of.