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Because You Died

Poetry and Prose of the First World War and After

Vera Brittain author Mark Bostridge editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group

Published:4th Nov '10

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Because You Died cover

This collection of Vera Brittain's poetry and prose, some of it never published before, commemorates the men she loved - fiancé, 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 beautiful volume of remembrance to mark the anniversary of the Armistice.

ISBN: 9781844084142

Dimensions: 198mm x 128mm x 18mm

Weight: 220g

272 pages