Vera Brittain and the First World War: The Story of Testament of Youth

by Mark Bostridge

Book Overview

Vera Brittain and the First World War tells the remarkable story of the author behind Testament of Youth whilst charting the book's ascent to become one of the most loved memoirs of the First World War period. Such interest is set to expand even more in this centenary year of the war's outbreak.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1408188449
• ISBN13: 9781408188446
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.6"