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Vera Brittain (1893-1970) grew up in the north of England. At the end of the war she moved to Oxford where she met Winifred Holtby, author of South Riding. Brittain was a convinced pacifist, a prolific speaker, lecturer, journalist and writer. She devoted much of her energy to the causes of peace and feminism. She wrote 29 books in all: novels, poetry, biography and autobiography, and other non-fiction, but it was Testament of Youth which established her reputation and made her one of the best loved writers of her time.
Remains one of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time * Guardian * Vera Brittain's heart-rending account of the way her generation's lives changed is still as shocking and moving as ever -- Stella Magazine * Sunday Telegraph * A heartbreaking account of the impact of the First World War on a stout-hearted, high-minded young woman * Sunday Times * Like the much-misunderstood poppy, Testament both memorializes and warns ... to remain uninformed is actually life-threatening * Times Literary Supplement * Sublimely moving ... this is a truly great book ... should be compulsory reading for the nation's debauched and aimless yobs and yobettes -- Val Hennessy * Daily Mail * Essential reading, not just as an anti-war polemic but as a portrait of a whole generation of young people who were totally ill-prepared and whose lives were utterly changed within four momentous years * Historical Novels Review *
