Vera Brittain and the First World War

The inspiration for the film Testament of Youth, this 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.

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, ...