| Evidence: | '"I have just put down the "Testament Politique,"" G. was writing to me, as though by telepathy, only a week later, "and I turn to think ... of you reading it to enlighten you on the War, of you telling me of it in the punt on that day down stream on the Cher."' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1924 and 31 Dec 1924 | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | G |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | university lecturer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | unknown |
| Country of experience: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | Vera Brittain does not name this man. They were to be married the following year. |
| Author: | Frederick the Great of Prussia |
| Title: | Testament Politique |
| Genre: | Politics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 22050 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Youth | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 642 | |
| Additional comments: | Quotation taken from a letter written by "G." to Vera Brittain in 1924. |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 642, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22050, accessed: 02 May 2024 | |
| Vera Brittain received this letter while on a tour of Europe with Winifred Holtby. In the previous paragraph she states that, the week before receiving it, they had seen the statue of Frederick the Great in Berlin and that this had reminded her of reading this text at Oxford. |
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