Record Number: 28284
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In a lecture at Friends' House he spoke of a new Blitzkrieg timed to start on May 1st, and designed to overthrow England in Polish fashion by the end of the summer. His series of "Daily Telegraph" articles, subsequently republished as a small book called "Inside Germany", caused a sensation by supplying chapter and verse for this prophecy.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1939 and 31 Dec 1939
Country:England
Timen/a
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:29 Dec 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Inside Germany
Genre:Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1939
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28284
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Experience
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:n/a
Page:226
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 226, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28284, accessed: 29 April 2025
Additional Comments:
Vera Brittain does not specify the date of the Daily Telegraph articles nor whether she read them in the newspaper or in the book.