A NOBLE WOMAN

The Life-Story of
EDITH CAVELL

By
ERNEST PROTHEROE

Author of 'In Empire's Cause.' &c., &c.

'I will give thee a crown of life.'

London
THE EPWORTH PRESS
J. ALFRED SHARP,

First Edition, January, 1916
Second Edition, September, 1916
Third Edition, January, 1918
Fourth Edition, May, 1918

CHAP.		PAGE
I.	INTRODUCTION	7
II.	THE HEEL OF THE OPPRESSOR	17
III.	THE ARREST	29
IV.	SPINNING THE TOILS	37
V.	THE SECRET TRIAL	44
VI.	THE FIGHT FOR A LIFE	52
VII.	THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYR	63
VIII.	IN MEMORIAM	73
IX.	BRITISH OFFICIAL REPROBATION	89
X.	GERMANY'S CYNICAL DEFENCE	99
XI.	JUSTICE AND SAVAGERY CONTRASTED	108
XII.	PULPIT AND PEN UNITE IN DENUNCIATION	114
XIII.	THE LASH OF THE WORLD'S PRESS	128
XIV.	AMERICA'S VERDICT	159
XV.	CONCLUSION	167

I

Edith Louisa Cavell was born in 1866 at the country rectory ofSwardeston, near Norwich, of which parish her father, the Rev. FrederickCavell, was rec

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