{"product_id":"9781472140920","title":"Rebel Englishwoman : The Remarkable Life of Emily Hobhouse","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Brits, Elsabe, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 11\/07\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 464 pages, 16pp b\/w plate section,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Robinson,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Little, Brown Book Group,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Biography: historical political \u0026amp; military\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781472140920\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Here was Emily...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein these diaries and scrapbooks. An unprecedented, intimate angle on the real Emily'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElsabe Brits has drawn on a treasure trove of previously private sources, including Emily Hobhouse's diaries, scrap-books and numerous letters that she discovered in Canada, to write a revealing new biography of this remarkable Englishwoman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHobhouse has been little celebrated in her own country, but she is still revered in South Africa, where she worked so courageously, selflessly and tirelessly to save lives and ameliorate the suffering of thousands of women and children interned in camps set up by British forces during the Anglo-Boer War, in which it is estimated that over 27,000 Boer women and children died; and where her ashes are enshrined in the National Women's Monument in Bloemfontein.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e During the First World War, Hobhouse was an ardent pacifist. She organised the writing, signing and publishing in January 1915 of the 'Open Christmas Letter' addressed 'To the Women of Germany and Austria'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn an attempt to initiate a peace process, she also secretly metwith the German foreign minister Gottlieb von Jagow in Berlin, for which some branded her a traitor. In the war's immediate aftermath she worked for the Save the Children Fund in Leipzig and Vienna, feeding daily for over a year thousands of children, who would otherwise have starved. She later started her own feeding scheme to alleviate ongoing famine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDespite having been instrumental in saving thousands of lives during two wars, Hobhouse died alone - spurned by her country, her friends and even some of her relatives. Brits brings Emily's inspirational and often astonishing story, spanning three continents, back into the light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022386430105,"sku":"9781472140920","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781472140920.jpg?v=1602538071","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781472140920","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}