| Evidence: | 'Together Edward and I looked at "The Times History of the War", picked out a newspaper paragraph stating that the total estimate of European war casualities was already five million dead and seven million wounded, and studied with care the first official account of Neuve Chapelle.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1915 and 31 Dec 1915 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Buxton county: Derbyshire other location: Vera and Edward's parents' home |
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| Reader: | Vera Brittain |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 29 Dec 1893 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | Verea Brittain was reading this with her brother Edward. |
| Author: | various |
| Title: | The Times History of the War |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | published 1915 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21458 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Youth | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 175 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 175, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21458, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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