A Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell


Read by Lee Smalley

(4.3 stars; 23 reviews)

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


(5 stars)

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 stars)

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 stars)

Interesting narrative that I had never heard of.