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Vera Brittain: A Life

Anglais · Poche format B

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Informationen zum Autor Paul Berry was Vera Brittain's close friend for twenty-eight years and was her Literary Executor. He was the joint editor of Testament of a Generation: The Journalism of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby . He died in 1999. Mark Bostridge is a former research assistant to Shirley Williams and author of the bestelling Letters from a Lost Generation , the award-winning Florence Nightingale: The Woman and Her Legend and The Fateful Year: England 1914 . Klappentext Shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize, the NCR Non-Fiction Prize and the Fawcett Prize [photo] 'This thoughtful portrait of a dauntless feminist and pacifist combines the readability of a novel with the authenticity of fact' Lyndall Gordon, Books of the Year, Independent Vera Brittain is most widely known as the woman who immortalised a lost generation in her autobiography of the Great War, Testament of Youth. This biography is the most comprehensive, authoritative life of one of the most remarkable women of her time. Based on unpublished papers and first-hand knowledge, the authors create a candid and sympathetic portrait of the writer, pacifist and feminist. They reveal the truth about Vera Brittain's 'semi-detached' marriage, her friendship with Winifred Holtby, and her relationships with her brother Edward and fiancé Roland Leighton, killed in the First World War, whose memory haunted her all her days. ` They succeed triumphantly. A fascinating portrait' Fiona MacCarthy, Observer Vorwort To tie-in with the new collection of letters between Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby - Between Friends - a reissue of the definitive biography of the author of Testament of Youth . With a new introduction by Mark Bostridge. Zusammenfassung To tie-in with the new collection of letters between Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby - Between Friends - a reissue of the definitive biography of the author of Testament of Youth. With a new introduction by Mark Bostridge....

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Auteurs Paul Berry, Berry Paul, Mark Bostridge, Bostridge Mark
Edition Virago Press Ltd
 
Langues Anglais
Format d'édition Poche format B
Sortie 31.12.2020
 
EAN 9780349015019
ISBN 978-0-349-01501-9
Pages 592
Dimensions 128 mm x 196 mm x 42 mm
Thème Karen Pirie
Catégories Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Correspondance, journaux intimes
Littérature spécialisée > Art, littérature > Biographies, autobiographies

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Biography: writers

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