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Silent in an evil time
the brave war of Edith Cavell
By Batten, Jack
- ISBN
- 978-0-88776-737-1
- Publisher
- Toronto, ON : Tundra Books, 2007.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2007
Gr 7-Up This exceptional biography reads like an adventure novel. Born in 1865, in Swardeston, England, Cavell worked as a governess before she decided to become a nurse. After her training, she accepted an offer from a Belgian surgeon to start a nursing-training clinic in Brussels in order to raise the standard of care there. When World War I broke out, the city was occupied by the G...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
