Bibliograph

Vita, the life of Vita Sackville-West, Victoria Glendinning

Type

Label

Vita, the life of Vita Sackville-West, Victoria Glendinning

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Vita

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1002836941

Responsibility statement

Victoria Glendinning

Sub title

the life of Vita Sackville-West

Summary

Vita Sackville-West - the most famous member of the Bloomsbury Group - was a vital, gifted and complex woman. A dedicated writer, she made her mark as poet, novelist, biographer, travel writer, journalist and broadcaster. She was also one of the most influential English gardeners of the century, creating with her husband the famous gardens at Sissinghurst. In her Whitbread Prize-winning biography, Glendinning documents Vita's extraordinary life, focusing on her relationships with Violet Trefusis, Virginia Woolf, her husband, and her two sons together with her unpublicised love affairs. Vita was determined to be more than just a married woman; her passionate, secretive character, and the strains, mistakes and achievements of her remarkable life makes this an absorbing and disturbing book

Target audience

adult

Classification