Testament of Youth

Vera Brittain

What did the First World War do to a generation of young people, told by a woman who lived through it and lost those she loved?

At a glance

You will feel the cost of war on ordinary lives in a way that dates and battles rarely show
You will see how the push for women's education, work and a public voice looked to a young woman at the time
You will think about how love, friendship and ambition collide with duty when history interrupts a life