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Record Number: 23690


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'But perhaps her most appropriate comment on the end of Lawrence's tormented life had been made the previous year in a review of Liddell Hart's "T.E. Lawrence in Arabia and After".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1934 and 31 Dec 1934

Country:

unknown

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Winifred Holtby

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1898

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

unknown

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Liddell Hart

Title:

T.E. Lawrence in Arabia and After

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

23690

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Friendship

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

399

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship (Great Britain, 1980), p. 399, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=23690, accessed: 06 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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