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Portrait of a Marriage
Nigel Nicolson
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Description for Portrait of a Marriage
Paperback. The classic story of the relationship between Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, and a unique portrait of the Bloomsbury Group. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
The classic story of the relationship between Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, and a unique portrait of the Bloomsbury Group.
'A brilliantly structured account of the dramas, infidelities and deep emotional attachments' GUARDIAN
'An intimate and controversial account of his bisexual parents' open relationship' NEW YORK TIMES
'One of the most absorbing stories, built around two very remarkable people, ever to stray from Gothic fiction into real life' TLS
The marriage was that between the two writers, Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson and the portrait is drawn partly by Vita herself in an autobiography which she ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
W&N
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857990607
SKU
V9781857990607
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99-50
About Nigel Nicolson
Nigel Nicolson, the younger son of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West, was a publisher, a Member of Parliament, an editor (including six volumes of Virginia Woolf's letters and three of his father's diaries) and the author of many books on history, politics, architecture and literature. He lived at the family home, Sissinghurst Castle in Kent, now a property of the ... Read more
Reviews for Portrait of a Marriage
A brilliantly structured account of the dramas, infidelities and deep emotional attachment that went to construct the partnership of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West
Michael de-la-Noy
Guardian
One of the most absorbing stories, built around two very remarkable people, ever to stray from Gothic fiction into real life
Times Literary Supplement
Portrait of a Marriage ... Read more
Michael de-la-Noy
Guardian
One of the most absorbing stories, built around two very remarkable people, ever to stray from Gothic fiction into real life
Times Literary Supplement
Portrait of a Marriage ... Read more