Description
Book SynopsisThe inspiration for the film Testament of Youth, this book from Mark Bostridge (Vera Brittain''s biographer) tells the story of a remarkable woman and her extraordinary account of the destructive power of war.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. In equal measures courageous, tragic and deeply fascinating,
Testament of Youth is one of the most compelling and important works of war literature ever to have been written by a British
Table of ContentsList of illustrations Foreword 1 Provincial Young Ladyhood 1893-1914 2 Love and War 1914-1915 3 To the Bitter End 1916-1918 4 Didn't Women Have Their War As Well? 1918-1933 5 From Book to Film 1934-2014
Afterword: Ipplepen 269: The Tragic Fate of Edward Brittain Chronology Gazetteer of Places Associated with Vera Brittain and Testament of Youth Further Reading Index
