{"product_id":"vera-brittain-and-the-first-world-war-9781472918574","title":"Vera Brittain and the First World War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inspiration for the film \u003ci\u003eTestament of Youth, \u003c\/i\u003ethis 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.\u003c\/b\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eTestament of Youth\u003c\/i\u003e, the first of three books dealing with her experience of war. In equal measures courageous, tragic and deeply fascinating, \u003ci\u003eTestament of Youth\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most compelling and important works of war literature ever to have been written by a British \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of illustrations\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e  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  \u003ci\u003eAfterword: Ipplepen 269: The Tragic Fate of Edward Brittain\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eChronology\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGazetteer of Places Associated with Vera Brittain and Testament of Youth\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFurther Reading\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040125419863,"sku":"9781472918574","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472918574.jpg?v=1750945820","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/vera-brittain-and-the-first-world-war-9781472918574","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}