A Testament of Youth

For the 100 year anniversary of Armistice Day, we got a little more serious and read the excellent WWI memoir A Testament of Youth by feminist, pacifist, WWI nurse, poet and writer, Vera Brittain. 

Recommendations:

Pat Barker’s brilliant Regeneration trilogy of novels (Regeneration, The Eye in the Door, The Ghost Road)Juliet Nicholson, The Great Silence: Britain from the Shadow of the First World War to the Dawn of the Jazz AgeRobert Gerwarth, The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to EndGood and Mad by Rebecca TraisterDan Carlin’s Hardcore History podcastThe Work of the Dead by Thomas LaqueurWar is a Force that Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges

Also stay tuned for a mini-episode about WWI nursing. 

For December, we’re reading A Long Fatal Love Chase.