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A loving but clear-eyed portrait of a family and an era, this is Victoria Glendinning's first book.

About the Author

Award-winning biographer of Trollope, Elizabeth Bowen, Vita Sackville-West, Edith Sitwell and Rebecca West, Victoria Glendinning is also a literary critic, broadcaster and travel writer. She has four sons and lives in London and West Cork, Ireland.