What Dominic Sandbrook has said about Edith Piaf
1 quote · 1 episode · May 27, 2026
Dominic Sandbrook, British historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History, has been quoted on Edith Piaf once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on May 27, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Sandbrook recounts that Edith Piaf, born two months after the execution, was named Edith by parents influenced by the Cavell case.
“these two people chose it for their baby. And their baby's full name was Edith Giovanna Gassion”
The Rest Is History: 674. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4) (May 27, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:45
Episodes
674. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4)The Rest Is History · May 27, 2026 · 1 h 8 min
Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland recount the life, resistance work, trial and 1915 execution of British nurse Edith Cavell in German-occupied Belgium, and her posthumous legend.
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