Pepita - Couverture souple

Sackville-West, Vita

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1784871168 ISBN 13 : 9781784871161

Editeur : Vintage Classics, 2016

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Victoria Mary Sackville-West, known as Vita, 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.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JULIET NICOLSON

Vita Sackville-West was an extraordinary woman from a long line of extraordinary women – Pepita tells their stories. Her grandmother Josefa, daughter of an old-clothes pedlar, made her fortune as a dancer and then had a scandalous affair with an English diplomat. Their illegitimate daughter Victoria, Vita's mother, spent her childhood hidden in a convent but went on to be the glamorous mistress of Knole, one of the grandest old houses in England. Vita brings her legendary wit, passion and eccentricity to this colourful family portrait.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Vintage Classics
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1784871168
• ISBN 13: 9781784871161
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 304