Testament Of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925
(Paperback)
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Published: 27th May 2014
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Published: 12th June 2018
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Published: 11th November 2014
Publishing Details
Testament Of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925
By (Author) Vera Brittain
Foreword by Shirley Williams
Little, Brown Book Group
Virago Press Ltd
12th June 2018
7th June 2018
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
General and world history
First World War
828.912
Physical Properties
Paperback
640
Width 139mm, Height 203mm, Spine 41mm
508g
Description
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
With an introduction by her biographer, Mark Bostridge'Remains one of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time' GUARDIAN 'Vera Brittain's heart-rending account of the way her generation's lives changed is still as shocking and moving as ever' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'A heartbreaking account of the impact of the First World War on a stout-hearted, high-minded young woman' SUNDAY TIMES In 1914, Vera Brittain was eighteen and as war was declared, she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life and the lives of her whole generation had changed in a way that was unimaginable in the tranquil pre-war era.Testament of Youth, one of the most famous autobiographies of the First World War, is Brittain's account of how she survived the period; how she lost the man she loved; how she nursed the wounded and how she emerged into an altered world. A passionate record of a lost generation, it made Vera Brittain one of the best-loved writers of her time.Reviews
Remains one of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time * Guardian *
Vera Brittain's heart-rending account of the way her generation's lives changed is still as shocking and moving as ever -- Stella Magazine * Sunday Telegraph *
A heartbreaking account of the impact of the First World War on a stout-hearted, high-minded young woman * Sunday Times *
Like the much-misunderstood poppy, Testament both memorializes and warns ... to remain uninformed is actually life-threatening * Times Literary Supplement *
Sublimely moving . . . this is a truly great book . . . should be compulsory reading for the nation's debauched and aimless yobs and yobettes -- Val Hennessy * Daily Mail *
Essential reading, not just as an anti-war polemic but as a portrait of a whole generation of young people who were totally ill-prepared and whose lives were utterly changed within four momentous years * Historical Novels Review *
Author Bio
Vera Brittain (1893-1970) grew up in the north of England. At the end of the war, she moved to Oxford where she met Winifred Holtby, author of South Riding. Brittain was a convinced pacifist, a prolific speaker, lecturer, journalist and writer. She devoted much of her energy to the causes of peace and feminism. She wrote twenty-nine books, but it was Testament of Youth which established her reputation and made her one of the best loved writers of her time.
