Agent of Peace

Auteur

Jenny Baume is the grand-niece of Emily Hobhouse. She was a nurse with the WRVS for many years. Upon her father's death she inherited a trunk of Emily's papers, on which this book is based.

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The story of the work of Emily Hobhouse, who attempted to get peace talks started to end WW1, meeting with the German Foreign Secretary and sending an 'Open Christmas Letter'

Résumé
In the Anglo-Boer War (18991902) Emily Hobhouse championed the cause of the women and children herded into camps by Kitchener's army. Despite this setback, Emily continued in her mission to relieve the suffering caused by war, working tirelessly for the release of civilian prisoners and to secure better food for Belgium.