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- Addresses the ways in which successive generations have attempted to understand the life, work and execution of civilian nurse, Edith Cavell
- Challenges existing propagandist representations depicting Cavell as either a heroine or a martyr
- Offers an overarching perspective on the ways in which Cavell has been mythologised in popular culture and memory
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Book Title: Edith Cavell and her Legend
Authors: Christine E. Hallett
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54371-4
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54370-7Published: 05 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-54371-4Published: 23 November 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 137
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social History, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Military, Cultural History, Women's Studies