by Mark Bostridge (Editor), Mark Bostridge (Editor), Vera Brittain (Author)
This collection of Vera Brittain's poetry and prose, some of it never published before, commemorates the men she loved - fiance, 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. Illustrated with many extraordinary photographs from Brittain's own albums, and edited with a new introduction by Mark Bostridge, Because You Died is an elegy to men who lost their lives in a bloody conflict, and a volume of remembrance to mark the ninetieth anniversary of the Armistice.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Publisher: Virago
Published: 03 Nov 2008
ISBN 10: 1844084132
ISBN 13: 9781844084135
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