Diana Souhami, author of Edith Cavell, shares the remarkable story of an English woman whose life epitomised love, service and sacrifice. Be inspired. The talk will be followed by a Q&A with the author and a book-signing session.

About Edith Cavell
Edith Cavell was born on 4th December 1865, daughter of the vicar of Swardeston in Norfolk, and shot in Brussels on 12th October 1915 by the Gestapo for sheltering British and French soldiers and helping them escape over the Belgian border. To Edith, nursing was a duty, a vocation, but above all a service. When war broke out, Edith helped soldiers to escape the war by giving them jobs in her hospital, finding clothing and organizing safe passage into Holland. In all, she assisted over two hundred men. When her secret work was discovered, Edith was put on trial and sentenced to death by firing squad. She uttered only 130 words in her defence. A devout Christian, the evening before her death, she asked to be remembered as a nurse, not a hero or a martyr, and prayed to be fit for heaven. When news of Edith’s death reached Britain, army recruitment doubled. After the war, Edith’s body was returned to the UK by train and every station through which the coffin passed was crowded with mourners. Diana Souhami brings one of the Great War’s finest heroes to life in this biography of a hardworking, courageous and independent woman.

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Diana Souhami is the author of many widely acclaimed books, including Gluck: Her Biography, Gertrude and Alice, Greta and Cecil and Wild Girls. She has also written biographies about some of the most high-profile lesbians of the 20th century. The Trials of Radclyffe Hall explored the obscenity charges brought against Hall for her book The Well of Loneliness, and Mrs Keppel and Her Daughter charted Alice Keppel's affair with Edward VII and her daughter's liaison with Vita Sackville-West. She has also written plays for radio and television. She won the Whitbread Biography Award for Selkirk's Island, her biography of Alexander Selkirk, or as he is better known, Robinson Crusoe.

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Author Event
Diana Souhami
Thursday, 4 Nov, 7pm

Entrance Fee: £5
Concession: £3**
** Students, retirees and unemployed
Note: Entrance fee includes a glass of wine and ticket is redeemable for a £2 off purchase of the author's book