{"product_id":"9781471302596","title":"Letters from a Lost Generation: First World War letters of Vera Brittain and four friends","description":"\u003cp\u003eA selection of the powerful and poignant wartime letters of Vera Brittain and her friends.\"If war spares me,\" wrote Vera Brittain to her brother Edward in 1916, \"it will be my one aim to immortalise in a book the story of us four.\" Seventeen years later, Vera was to achieve her aim with the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eTestament of Youth.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis series of letters was the inspiration behind \u003ci\u003eTestament\u003c\/i\u003e. Written between Vera, her brother, her fiancé Roland Leighton and their two best friends Victor Richardson and Geoffrey Thurlow, they give a unique perspective on the most horrifying conflict the world has ever seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey show the heartbreaking disillusionment of an idealistic public-school generation, raised on ideas of patriotism and duty, as the reality of war emerged. Yet they also give a fascinating insight into the era as a whole: their generation’s literary tastes and the place of women in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead by Amanda Root, Jonathan Firth, Rupert Graves, James Wallace and Robert Portal, and first heard on BBC Radio 4, these deeply moving letters let us hear for ourselves the voices of Vera Brittain’s lost generation. 3 CD standard audio format.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B B C Worldwide Americas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044317184240,"sku":"9781471302596","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781471302596","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}