Sissinghurst by Adam Nicolson
A fascinating account from award-winning author, Adam Nicolson, on the history of Nicolsons own national treasure, his family home: Sissinghurst.'A masterpiece of rural romanticism, told with shameless lyricism…the narrative of his struggle is charmingly interspersed with tales from Sissinghurst's past…all is warmed by Nicolson's evocation of Sissinghurst's natural history…the vision is one of nature, art and human history in glorious coalition, the essence of the Englishman's sense of place…this uplifting book.' Sunday Times
'Nicolson's book is one of those rare things: a story that seems small, irrelevant to most of us, rarefied in its history, full of detail about land rights and Trust guidelines, and yet which blooms in front of our eyes into a much larger, more important, more universal one…It's a beautiful, fascinating, touching account.' The Scotsman
'This necessarily self-deceptive and often beautiful book plumbs those depths much more deeply than do most of the existing paens to this celebrated place.' Literary Review
'Wonderfully engaging…elegant and lyrical, this is a total delight'. Good Housekeeping
Adam Nicolson is the author of many books on history, travel and the environment. He is winner of the Somerset Maugham Award and the British Topography Prize and lives at Sissinghust Castle in Kent.This is his fifth book for HarperCollins – his previous five being ‘Earls of Paradise’, ‘Men of Honour’, ‘Sea Room’, ‘Power and Glory’ and ‘Seamanship’.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007240548 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007240546 |
| Title | Sissinghurst |
| Author | Adam Nicolson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2008-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Prizes | Winner of Spear's Book Awards: Family History Book of the Year 2009, Winner of Ondaatje Prize 2009 |
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