Title: Transnational Outrage
Subtitle: The Death and Commemoration of Edith Cavell
Description: The execution of British matron Edith Cavell in Belgium by the occupying German forces was portrayed by the Allied cause as one of the key atrocities of the Great War. This book recovers and interprets the reaction to Cavell's death, exploring its contextual relationship within imperial and international history.
Subjects: Public opinion, Death and burial, World War, 1914-1918, Atrocities, Cavell, edith louisa, 1865-1915, Nurses, World War I, Homicide, History, War Crimes
People: Edith Cavell (1865-1915)