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Letters from a Lost Generation: First World War Letters of Vera Brittain and Four Friends (Paperback)
$19.62 - Save $1.04 (5%) - RRP $20.66 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Letters from a Lost Generation* The bestselling and moving collection of letters to Vera Brittain from a lost generation - four young men who lost their lives in the great war
Full description- Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
- Published: 06 November 2008
- Format: Paperback 448 pages
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- Categories: Diaries, Letters & Journals | Anthologies (non-poetry) | Military History | First World War
- ISBN 13: 9781844085705 ISBN 10: 1844085708
- Sales rank: 318,041
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Full description for Letters from a Lost Generation
Nothing in the papers, not the most vivid and heart-rending descriptions, have made me realise war like your letters' Vera Brittain to Roland Leighton, 17 April 1915. This selection of letters, written between 1913 & 1918, between Vera Brittain and four young men - her fiance Roland Leighton, her brother Edward and their close friends Victor Richardson & Geoffrey Thurlow present a remarkable and profoundly moving portrait of five young people caught up in the cataclysm of total war. Roland, 'Monseigneur', is the 'leader' & his letters most clearly trace the path leading from idealism to disillusionment. Edward, ' Immaculate of the Trenches', was orderly & controlled, down even to his attire. Geoffrey, the 'non-militarist at heart' had not rushed to enlist but put aside his objections to the war for patriotism's sake. Victor on the other hand, possessed a very sweet character and was known as 'Father Confessor'. An important historical testimony telling a powerful story of idealism, disillusionment and personal tragedy.
