Description
Product ID: | 9781844084142 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Because You Died |
Subtitle: | Poetry and Prose of the First World War and After |
Authors: | Author: Vera Brittain, Mark Bostridge |
Page Count: | 272 |
Subjects: | Poetry by individual poets, Poetry by individual poets, Literary essays, Literary essays |
Description: | Select Guide Rating * A collection of poetry and essays on war by one of the most prominent women writers from that period, author of the famous TESTAMENT OF YOUTH. A commemorative edition, out now in paperback This collection of Vera Brittain''s poetry and prose, some of it never published before, commemorates the men she loved - fiancé, brother and two close friends - who served and died in the First World War. It draws on her experiences as a VAD nurse in London, Malta, and France, and illustrates her growing conviction of the wickedness of all war. |
Imprint Name: | Virago Press Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Little, Brown Book Group |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2010-11-04 |