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A Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell

by Ernest Protheroe

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.

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English

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English

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1916

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Ernest Protheroe

United Kingdom

Ernest Hanley Protheroe, born 1866, was a teacher and prolific author of fiction and non-fiction.    Protheroe was a teacher and became a prolific author, sometimes writing under v...

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