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Testament of Youth

An unforgettable true story of love and loss in World War I
By Vera Brittain
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Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain is a powerful memoir that recounts the author's experiences during World War I, as she transforms from a hopeful young student into a dedicated nurse on the front lines. It explores themes of love, loss, and resilience, capturing the profound impact of war on personal and societal levels. Brittain's journey offers an intimate and compelling portrait of a generation changed forever by conflict.
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This book may appeal to you if you have an interest in World War I history and want a deeply personal perspective on its impact. It offers a poignant chronicle of the author's journey from youthful idealism to the harsh realities of war, making it a gripping and profound memoir about loss, resilience, and the quest for meaning in turbulent times.

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Testament of Youth

A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I in this unforgettable true story of young love and how to make sense of the darkest times. THE TESTAMENT OF YOUTH is a classic memoir that became a major motion picture

A beautiful gift edition of this classic memoir of the First World War. Will contain a foreword by Kate Mosse OBE.

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In 1914, Vera Brittain was 20, and as war was declared, she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later, her life—and the life of her whole generation—had changed in a way that would have been unimaginable in the tranquil pre-war era.

Testament of Youth, one of the most famous autobiographies of the First World War, is Brittain's account of how she survived those agonising years; how she lost the man she loved; how she nursed the wounded, and how she emerged into an altered world.

A passionate record of a lost generation, it made Vera Brittain one of the best-loved writers of her time, and has lost none of its power to shock, move, and enthral readers since its first publication in 1933.

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Vera Brittain's Testament of Youth receives praise for its moving and shocking account of how World War I altered a generation's lives. It is celebrated as a classic that memorialises and cautions against the perils of ignorance, capturing the era's horrors through a deeply personal and reflective lens. Notable for its anti-war stance and portrayal of a generation drastically impacted by war, it's considered essential and timeless reading.

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ISBN: 9781780226590

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 March 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 48.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 220.0mm

Weight: 740g

Pages: 608

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About the Author

Born in 1893, Vera Brittain won an exhibition to Somerville College, Oxford, in 1914, but a year later abandoned her studies to enlist as a VAD nurse. She served throughout the war, working in London, Malta and close to the Front in France. At the end of the war, with all of those closest to her dead, she returned to Oxford. Vera Brittain was a convinced pacifist, a prolific speaker, lecturer, journalist and writer, she devoted much of her energy to the causes of peace and feminism. She wrote 29 books in all, novels, poetry, biography and autobiography, but it was TESTAMENT OF YOUTH which established her reputation and made her one of the best-loved writers of her time. She died in 1970.

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