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gave birth prematurely to her son, John Edward Jocelyn Brittain-Catlin
, in London.
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 1995.
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The central character in Born 1925, Adrian, is a vicar who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his service in the first World War, but who by the second has become a pacifist and...
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's Humiliation with Honour articulated her pacifist philosophy in the form of letters to her son, John
; it sold 10,000 copies within three months of its publication.
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 1995.