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Vere Britain (1893-1970) is most vividly remembered for one of the best loved autobiographies of the Great War, TESTAMENT OF YOUTH. Written with the co-operation of her daughter Shirley Williams, this candid biography draws on unpublished letters and reminiscences to illuminate the life and personality of a courageous and complex woman whose views on war and marriage were ahead of her time. It reveals new facts about ill-fated engagement with Robert Leighton and about the circumstances of her brother's death in Italy; about her semi-detached marriage with George Caitlin, her close friendship with the novelist Winifred Holtby and a passionate entanglement with her New York publisher. Her uncompromising pacifism in WWII led to her condemnation of the Allies saturation bombing of Germany, and to her being considered a dangerous subversive, refused a visa her children in the USA where they had been evacuated. A brilliant portrait which takes us from the idealistic girl to the ambitious and combative survivor of two years and ultimatley to the older woman of disarming honesty and integrity.
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"A major biographical study was long overdue, and Paul Berry and Mark Bostridge have succeeded brilliantly in explaining the complications and inconsistencies of Vera Brittain's life in their carefully researched book. In particular, they elucidate her evolution from the naive patriot of 1914 to the resolute pacifist of 1939, and they explore her lifelong struggle to reconcile her femininity and desire for marriage on the one hand with her aspiration to independence and a career on the other." --Martin Pugh, Times Literary Supplement
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Vera Brittain is remembered for her autobiography, "Testament of Youth", which covers the period of World War I. Written with the co-operation of her daughter Shirley Williams, this biography draws on letters and reminiscences to illuminate the life and personality of a woman whose views on war and marriage were ahead of her time. It reveals facts about her ill-fated engagement to Robert Leighton and about the circumstances of her brother's death in Italy, her semi-detatched marrage with George Caitlan, her close friendship with the novelist Winifred Holtby, and a passionate entanglement with her New York publisher. Her uncompromising pacifism in World War II led to her condemnation of the Allies' saturation bombing of Germany and to her being considered a dangerous subversive, with the result that she was refused a visa to visit her children in the USA where they had been evacuated.
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- PublisherPimlico
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0712673156
- ISBN 13 9780712673150
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