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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Dennison, Matthew.     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dennison, Matthew.       by title:      Behind the mask : th...       by call number:      921 S1212d     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

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. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Biography 921 S1212d Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Biography 921 S1212d Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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