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Edith Cavell: Faith before the firing squad - Softcover

Butcher, Catherine

 
9780857216571: Edith Cavell: Faith before the firing squad
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0857216570 ISBN 13: 9780857216571
Verlag: Lion Hudson Plc, 2015

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Edith Louisa Cavell was a British nurse. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during the First World War, for which she was arrested. She was subsequently court-martialled, found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. She was shot by a German firing squad at the age of 49. Her execution was greeted with worldwide condemnation and extensive press coverage. A woman of profound faith, she told her chaplain, on the night before her execution, 'Standing as I do in view of God and eternity, I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone." Her death caused international outrage and may have contributed to America's decision to enter the war. Three films and a stage play have been written about her life, and many public buildings and streets named after her. She will feature on a commemorative [5.00 coin in 2015.

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Catherine Butcher is a professional editor and journalist. She has edited a number of magazines, including Woman Alive and Renewal, and Day by Day with God for BRF. She has written or edited nine books, and has a MA in Christian spirituality. She lives in Eastbourne, East Sussex.

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Verlag
Lion Hudson Plc
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0857216570
ISBN 13 
9780857216571
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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