The sequel to The Edwardians - a novel of high society in a changing world.
Vita Sackville-West was born in 1892 at Knole in Kent, the only child of aristocratic parents. In 1913 she married diplomat Harold Nicolson, with whom she had two sons and travelled extensively before settling at Kent's Sissinghurst Castle in 1930, where she devoted much of her time to creating its now world-famous garden. Throughout her life Sackville-West had a number of other relationships with both men and women, and her unconventional marriage would later become the subject of a biography written by her son Nigel Nicolson. Though she produced a substantial body of work, amongst which are writings on travel and gardening, Sackville-West is best known for her novels The Edwardians (1930) and All Passion Spent (1931), and for the pastoral poem The Land (1926), which was awarded the prestigious Hawthornden Prize. Sackville-West died on 2 June 1962 at her Sissinghurst home, aged seventy.
I guarantee that like Harold Nicolson, who was reading Family
History on the train between Staplehurst and Charing Cross, most
readers will “weep copiously”
*Victoria Glendinning*
Glamorous aristocrat, complete with ancient name, Spanish Gypsy
blood, lost inheritance and family scandals; reckless, romantic
lesbian and cross-dresser; devoted wife to a noted diplomat and
diarist; mother of two talented sons; bestselling writer, gardener
of genius - what could be more enthralling?
*Guardian*
Tears, tantrum, age gap… utterly addictive. Tissues ahoy.
*Daily Mail*
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