Vera Brittain and the First World War : the story of Testament of Youth by Bostridge, Mark, author instant download

Vera Brittain and the First World War : the story of Testament of Youth by Bostridge, Mark, author instant download

xx, 252 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 23 cm, In the midst of her studies at Oxford when war broke out across Europe, Vera Brittain left university in 1915 to become a V.A.D (Voluntary Aid Detachment) nurse, treating soldiers in London, Malta and Etaples in France. The events of the First World War were to have an enormous impact on her life. Four of Brittain's closest friends including her fiancé Roland Leighton and her brother Edward Brittain MC were killed in action, sparking a lifelong commitment to pacifism. In 1933 she published Testament of Youth, the first of three books dealing with her experience of war, Includes bibliographical references and index, Provincial young ladyhood 1893-1914 -- Love and war 1914-1915 -- To the bitter end 1916-1918 -- 'Didn't women have their war as well?' 1918-1933 -- From book to film 1934-2014