Chronicle of Youth Great War Diary, 1913-1917

Name: Chronicle of Youth Great War Diary, 1913-1917
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ISBN: 9781842125427

ISBN-10: 1842125427

ISBN-13: 9781842125427

Edition: 3rd 2002

Authors: Vera Brittain

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Vera Brittain's bestselling TESTAMENT OF YOUTH was based on her own copious diaries, which have a much greater intimacy than the account written for publication. These are those diaries. They begin in the carefree summer of 1913 with a blossoming romance and earnest discussions about the purpose of life and the nature of God - but not about the onset of war, which takes them by surprise. The diary entries begin to darken rapidly. Her brother, her fiance and most of their young men friends are killed in the war. Vera herself goes from knitting helmets and bandaging classes to abandoning her studies at Oxford to train as a nurse. She spent the remainder of the war nursing war-wounded men,…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Publication date: 10/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Illustrations


Acknowledgements


Preface



Map of the Western Front in December, 1915


Introduction


A Note on the Text


1913


1914


1915


1916


1917


Envoi


Notes


Chronology


Index