Nigel Nicolson
Birth date: January 19, 1917
Died: September 23, 2004
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I read this quite a few years ago and was drawn to it again. It is a fascinating study of a unique and loving relationship. It will probably challenge many people's ideas of what makes a successful and happy marriage. Whatever your views on Vita and Harold's marriage, there was a great deal of love ...
Let the cat fight begin! In the red corner, Diana Souhami, defender of Violet Trefusis. In the blue corner, Nigel Nicolson, son of Vita Sackville-West and representing her point of view. No, I'm not going to try and write this as a ring report, but for the most part of reading both in parallel i...
There are few years in British history as momentous as those of the Second World War, Harold Nicolson was privileged to have a superb vantage point form which to view them. As a diplomat, author, and Member of Parliament, he had access to the highest reaches of British politics and society. Though n...
Continuing my reading about Vita and Violet, I felt it important to read 'Portrait of a Marriage'.To use the official lingo, is both a primary and a secondary source of sorts. The book is split into roughly for chapters, plus an introduction. Two of the chapters are by Vita, and each is followed by ...
I should have just read Hermione Lee's biography. Nicolson is a son of Vita Sackville-West, as he never tires of telling us, and milks his moments with Woolf, and his mother's connection, for all they're worth. He spends far more time on Vita than Woolf's husband Leonard or sister Vanessa, which I...
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