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| Author | : Vera Brittain |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 676 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Authors, English |
| ISBN | : 9780140188448 |
An autobiographical account of a young nurse's involvement in World War I
| Author | : Mark Bostridge |
| Publisher | : Hachette UK |
| Total Pages | : 592 |
| Release | : 2016-02-25 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 034900854X |
Vera Brittain is most widely known as the woman who immortalized a lost generation in her haunting autobiography of the Great War, TESTAMENT OF YOUTH. Writer, pacifist and feminist, she condemned her provincial background but remained acutely conscious of the conventional elements in her own character; she revealed a richly emotional life in her writing but was outwardly sober and reserved; she possessed a fierce desire for fame and recognition but was ready to sacrifice both on matters of principle. This biography - comprehensive, authoritative and immensely readable - confirms Vera Brittain's stature as one of the most remarkable women of our time.
| Author | : Mark Bostridge |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 283 |
| Release | : 2014-12-04 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1408188457 |
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 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 woman. Mark Bostridge's Vera Brittain and the First World War, published to coincide with the film of Testament of Youth, explores the effects of the First World War on Vera Brittain, both in terms of her personal life and in terms of its effect on her development as a writer and her eventual decision to become a pacifist. Taking advantage of the interest generated by the film, it will bring her story to a new generation and incorporate the most up-to-date research. It will also include a short essay 'From Book to Film', describing the process of turning Testament of Youth into a major feature film. This will include interviews with the production staff and actors, as well as with members of Vera Brittain's family, including Shirley Williams. The film, which has been scripted by Juliette Towhidi and is being produced by BBC Films and Heyday Films, the makers of Harry Potter, is currently in production. Alicia Vikander (Anna Karenina) stars as Brittain, with Kit Harington (Game of Thrones, Pompeii) playing her fiancé Roland Leighton.
| Author | : Vera Brittain |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 458 |
| Release | : 1960 |
| Genre | : Authors, English |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Paul Berry |
| Publisher | : Random House (UK) |
| Total Pages | : 616 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : |
The definitive biography of this controversial writer, pacifist and feminist.
| Author | : Vera Brittain |
| Publisher | : Hachette UK |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2010-02-04 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0748118411 |
This collection of Vera Brittain's poetry and prose, some of it never published before, commemorates the men she loved - fiancé, 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 introduction by Mark Bostridge, Because You Died is an elegy to men who lost their lives in a bloody conflict, and a volume of remembrance to mark the ninetieth anniversary of the Armistice.
| Author | : Vera Brittain |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 330 |
| Release | : 1923 |
| Genre | : English fiction |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Vera Brittain |
| Publisher | : Hachette UK |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2012-03-22 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1405515554 |
WRITTEN WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY MARK BOSTRIDGE In her bestselling first volume of autobiography, Testament of Youth, Vera Brittain passionately recorded the agonising years of the First World War, lamenting the destruction of a generation which for her included those she most dearly loved - her lover, her brother and her closest friends. In Testament of Friendship Brittain tells the story of the woman who helped her survive those tragic years - the writer Winifred Holtby. They met at Somerville College, Oxford, immediately after the war. Their friendship continued through Vera's marriage and their separate but parallel writing careers until Winifred's untimely death at the age of thirty-seven. When she died, her fame as a writer was about to reach its peak with the publication of her greatest novel, South Riding. A moving record of a friendship between two women of courage, determination and intelligence and a wonderful portrait of a lifelong love. Testament of Friendship now takes its rightful place as a Virago Modern Classic.
| Author | : Mark Bostridge |
| Publisher | : Orbit Books |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2001-02-16 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780356225548 |
| Author | : Mark Bostridge |
| Publisher | : Hachette UK |
| Total Pages | : 279 |
| Release | : 2015-07-02 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 0349007713 |
Nothing in the papers, not the most vivid and heart-rending descriptions, have made me realise war like your letters' Vera Brittain to Roland Leighton, 17 April 1915. This selection of letters, written between 1913 & 1918, between Vera Brittain and four young men - her fiance Roland Leighton, her brother Edward and their close friends Victor Richardson & Geoffrey Thurlow present a remarkable and profoundly moving portrait of five young people caught up in the cataclysm of total war. Roland, 'Monseigneur', is the 'leader' & his letters most clearly trace the path leading from idealism to disillusionment. Edward, ' Immaculate of the Trenches', was orderly & controlled, down even to his attire. Geoffrey, the 'non-militarist at heart' had not rushed to enlist but put aside his objections to the war for patriotism's sake. Victor on the other hand, possessed a very sweet character and was known as 'Father Confessor'. An important historical testimony telling a powerful story of idealism, disillusionment and personal tragedy.
