Testament of friendship : the story of Winifred Holtby / by Vera Brittain ; afterword by Rosalind Delmar .

By: Brittain, Vera, 1893-1970.

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BookPublisher: London : Virago, 1980Description: 453 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0860681505.Subject(s): Brittain, Vera, 1893-1970 -- Friends and associates | Holtby, Winifred, 1898-1935

| Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography

DDC classification: 920 BRI

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Lending	MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Store Item	920 BRI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00060630

Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In this book, Vera Brittain tells of the woman who helped her survive the First World War - the writer Winifred Holtby. They met at Oxford immediately after the war and their friendship continued through Vera's marriage and their separate but parallel writing careers, until Winifred's death at 37.

Continues: Testament of youth.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Vera Brittain (1893-1970) went up to Oxford but in 1914 left to enlist as a VAD nurse. After the war she returned to Oxford and met Winifred Holtby. She was a tireless supporter of pacifism and feminism, a prolific speaker, lecturer, journalist and writer. She wrote twenty-nine books.