| Evidence: | 'Although, during those noisy, monotonous weeks, I had at last time to read the newspapers, with their perturbing accounts of the Easter Rebellion in Ireland, and Townshend's surrender at Kut, and the first stages of Roger Casement's progress towards his execution in August, there was still more than enough opportunity for thoughts about the past.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1916 and 31 Dec 1916 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London other location: 'a fever hospital in south-west London' |
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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: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | newspaper |
| Genre: | Ephemera, current affairs |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21464 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Youth | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 268 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 268, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21464, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| Vera was recovering from German measles at the fever hospital. |
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