More tales from the bookshelf
Mature Times reviews Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925 by Vera Brittain Approaching the Armistice on 11th November got me thinking about the amount of iconic literat ...
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Vera Brittain says No to Killing, No to War
Robert Tanitch reviews the last DVDs TESTAMENT OF YOUTH (BBC) is World War 1 from a woman’s point of view. Vera Brittain lost her fiancé and her brother and her two dearest friends in the war. She gav ...
Bath Literature Festival
This was my first literary festival and it was set in the perfect location. Bath is a city that you must visit for no other reason than its beauty. Of course, it is full of history from the Romans t ...
Vera Brittain’s WWI saga brought to the screen
Joyce Glasser reviews Testament of Youth (January 16, 2015), Cert. 12, 130 min. Due to its length (some 600 pages), large cast of characters, years spanned and locations required, Vera Brittain’s WWI ...