Baroness Cox: A Voice for the Voiceless

By Andrew Boyd

Book Overview

In this compelling biography, Andrew Boyd tells the story of Baroness Cox's humble beginnings as a nurse and her subsequent nine-year fight as a sociology lecturer and Labour supporter against intimidation by the hard left. Caroline Cox's secret expeditions to buy freedom for slaves captured by Arab traders in Sudan's war against black Africans. This is just one campaign in the Baroness's tireless patrol of the world's least glamorous causes. Her elevation to the peerage by Margaret Thatcher enabled her to draw greater attention to the causes she espoused. And she was not afraid to put her own life at risk to do so, as she frequently did during her numerous, hazardous treks into first Communist Poland and Moscow, then warring Nagorno Karabakh, Burma and north-east Africa on behalf of Christian Solidarity Worldwide.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745937357
• ISBN13: 9780745937359
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Lion UK
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 1.3" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

A Remarkable Woman of This Age

I happened to read this book once before. This copy was in excellent shape, and came with a note to the previous owner of the book by the author herself. In reading it and after attending a workshop by the author, it is truly thrilling and inspiring to actually take in what she has done for orphans and other forgotten peoples in devastating circumstances. The fascinating part is that she goes to be with persons victimized in the midst of desperate situations like wars and famine; She helps families who have had members stolen into slavery in devastated villages. She provides aid where few will dare to go, often risking her own life. She goes to many places that today's newsmedia choose to ignore. Very enlightening.