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Dennison, Matthew.
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Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892-1962.
Women novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography
Women authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Gardeners -- England -- Biography.
Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- Biography.
Upper class -- England -- Biography.
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Dennison, Matthew.
Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892-1962.
Women novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography
Women authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Gardeners -- England -- Biography.
Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- Biography.
Upper class -- England -- Biography.
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Behind the mask : the life of Vita
Sackville-West
/ Matthew Dennison.
by
Dennison, Matthew.
William Collins, 2014.
Call #:
921 S1212d
Subjects
Sackville-West
,
V
. (
Victoria
),
1892-1962
.
Women novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography
Women authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Gardeners -- England -- Biography.
Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- Biography.
Upper class -- England -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780007486960 (hc.)
0007486960 (hc.)
Description:
xix, 364 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-348) and index.
Summary:
"Aristocrat, poet, novelist, biographer, travel writer, journalist, 'Rose Queen', devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast -- Vita
Sackville-West
was many things, but she was never straightforward. Matthew Dennison traces the triumph and contradictions of Vita's extraordinary life, from her lonely childhood at Knole, through her affectionate but 'open' marriage to Harold Nicolson (during which both husband and wife energetically pursued homosexual affairs, Vita most famously with Virginia Woolf), and through Vita's literary successes and disappointments, to the famous gardens the couple created at Sissinghurst. From her privileged world of the aristocracy,
Sackville-West
brought her penchant for costume, play-acting and rebellion to the artistic vanguard of modern Britain. The author gets behind 'the beautiful mask' of Vita's public achievements to reveal an often troubled persona which heroically resisted compromise on every level. A compelling story of love, loss and jealousy, of high-life and low points, of binding affection and illicit passion"--Provided by publisher.
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