Testament of a Generation: The Journalism of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby

by Vera Brittain, Winifred Holtby

First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. From the private collection of Dame Carmen Callil, publisher, writer, critic and founder of Virago Press, with her bookplate on the front pastedown and signature on the title page. Jacket is slightly scuffed and sunned. Edges are a little creased. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW

Genres: History, Journalism, Nonfiction, Essays, Feminism, British Literature

390 pages

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Vera Mary Brittain was an English writer and pacifist, best remembered as the author of the best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth, recounting her experiences during World War I and the beginning of her journey towards pacifism.

Her daughter is Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, who is a British politician and academic who represents the Liberal Democrats.

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Both Holtby and Brittain are very readable. I think they would be very sad though, if they'd known how little progress there would be in the causes they supported between then and now.