A Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell
Ernest Protheroe
Read by Lee Smalley





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





short stuff
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





Shelly
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 !





Mbwoody
Interesting narrative that I had never heard of.