Case Study:
Violets from the Trenches: Selections from the Letters of Roland Leighton and Vera Brittain
Creator:
Leighton, Roland
Source:
letter
Date:
24 August 1915
Collection/Fonds:
Contributer:
McMaster University Libraries
Rights:
Copyright, public domain: McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.
Identifier:
00001450-2
Language:
eng
Type:
image
Format:
jpg
Transcript:
much would I not give to be able to hold you and kiss you again even for a moment! And not being able to, I feel an insane desire to rush back to France before I need, and leave all to memory as all that matters is already left.
I have just written to your Father. It is entirely informative – not interrogative, and merely a brief & slightly formal notification of what the world is pleased to call our engagement. I should prefer that the world knew nothing