Because You Died: Poetry and Prose of the First World and Beyond

by Vera Brittain

Book Overview

This collection of Vera Brittain's poetry and prose, some of it never published before, commemorates the men she loved - fianc , brother and two close friends - who served and died in the First World War. It draws on her experiences as a VAD nurse in London, Malta, and France, and illustrates her growing conviction of the wickedness of all war.

Illustrated with many extraordinary photographs from Brittain's own albums, and edited with a new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844084140
• ISBN13: 9781844084142
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Little Brown and Co. (UK)
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary