Testament of Youth Author:Vera Brittain In 1914, just as war was declared, 20 year-old Vera Brittain was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later, her life?and that of her whole generation?had been irrevocably changed in a way that no one could have imagined in the tranquil pre-war era. Testament of Youth is Brittain's account of how she lost the man she loved, nursed th... more »e wounded, survived those agonizing years, and emerged into an altered world. A passionate record of a lost generation, it made Brittain one of the best-loved writers of her time. It still retains the power to shock, move, and enthrall readers today.« less