Vita - The Life of Vita Sackville-West
by Victoria Glendinning
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Vita - The Life of Vita Sackville-West, Victoria Glendinning. Published by Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 1984. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 430pp. with index, notes, bibliography, major works. Toning to contents, light wear to card covers and otherwise in fine condition.
Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962), was a prolific fiction writer, prize-winning poet, biographer, journalist and garden designer. She was married to diplomat and noted diarist, Harold Nicolson. Their successful marriage which allowed for affairs with same-sex partners was later documented in their son Nigel's book, Portrait of a Marriage (1973). Vita and Virginia Woolf had a singular intense and deep relationship over many years. Woolf's fantasy-biography Orlando is based on Vita's life and work.
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