Vita the life of Vita Sackville-West Glendinning, Victoria creator author. text bibliography biography Biographies. Biographies. Biography. enk 2018 2018 New paperback edition. monographic eng print xi, 430 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm 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. Victoria Glendinning. "First published in Great Britain by George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited 1983. Text used for this edition published in Penguin Books 1984"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-uk-en Sackville-West, V. (Victoria) 1892-1962 Sackville-West, V. (Victoria) 1892-1962 1900-1999 fast Authors, English 20th century Biography Gardeners England Biography Women authors, English 20th century Biography Authors, English Women authors, English Women novelists, English Women poets, English PR6037.A35 Z68 2018 823/.912 B 1788312430 9781788312431 2018439453 pda,print UKMGB 180322 20250318214225.2 in00004172317 eng