Project Gutenberg 2022-05-22 Public domain in the USA. 259 Hill, William Thomson 1875 The martyrdom of Nurse Cavell The life story of the victim of Germany's most barbarous crime $aUnited Kingdom :$bHutchinson & Co.,$c1915. Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell" by William Thomson Hill is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the life and tragic execution of Edith Cavell, a British nurse who is remembered for her bravery and compassion during World War I. It explores themes of patriotism, sacrifice, and the struggle for humanity amidst the horrors of war. In this poignant narrative, the author details Cavell's upbringing, her dedication to nursing, and her commitment to helping wounded soldiers, regardless of their nationality. The story unfolds in Brussels during the German occupation, where her acts of compassion ultimately lead to her arrest by the German authorities. Despite a lack of evidence for espionage, she is tried in a secret court-martial and sentenced to death, which is carried out swiftly and cruelly. Hill illustrates not just Cavell's personal courage and the moral dilemmas she faced, but also the widespread outrage her execution incited, galvanizing support for the war effort in Britain and beyond. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/martyrdomofnurse00hill/page/n5/mode/2up 20200313061431hill 1915 GB Reading ease score: 72.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915 Nurses -- Biography RT D501 Text Category: Biographies Category: History - British Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 87797 2025-09-27T05:54:45.528791 text/html 63374 2024-10-18T22:07:39 text/html 1233231 2025-09-27T05:54:49.598811 application/epub+zip 1231678 2025-09-27T05:54:46.842823 application/epub+zip 159489 2025-09-27T05:54:46.049796 application/epub+zip 1530732 2025-09-27T05:54:51.572745 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1510319 2025-09-27T05:54:49.006804 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 493434 2022-09-30T17:09:08.588125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 69173 2025-09-27T05:54:45.293831 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 49181 2024-10-18T22:07:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17074 2025-09-27T05:54:51.698735 application/rdf+xml 15930 2025-09-27T05:54:46.323788 image/jpeg 2728 2025-09-27T05:54:46.185801 image/jpeg 1413280 2025-09-27T05:54:45.573038 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog