Inheritance by Robert Sackville-West
A fascinating memoir of an extraordinary family told through the vast, four hundred year old house, Knole
'It has the deep inward gaiety of some very old woman who has always been beautiful, who has had many lovers and seen many generations come and go, smiled wisely over their sorrows and their joys, and learnt an imperishable secret of tolerance and humour' * Vita Sackville-West *
'An entertaining readSackville-West rattles through his family history at a judicious pace, artfully avoiding getting bogged down in any one period' * Independent on Sunday *
'Sackville-West writes with great panache. The whole story, from the Elizabethan Lord Treasurer to the takeover by the National Trust, is accomplished in a brisk 267 pages of text. Not a word is wasted and every page is full of interest' * A.N. Wilson, Country Life *
'A gripping read, as good as a novel' * Literary Review *
'An entertaining readSackville-West rattles through his family history at a judicious pace, artfully avoiding getting bogged down in any one period' * Independent on Sunday *
'Sackville-West writes with great panache. The whole story, from the Elizabethan Lord Treasurer to the takeover by the National Trust, is accomplished in a brisk 267 pages of text. Not a word is wasted and every page is full of interest' * A.N. Wilson, Country Life *
'A gripping read, as good as a novel' * Literary Review *
After studying History at Oxford University, Robert Sackville-West worked in publishing, founding Toucan Books in 1985, which creates illustrated non-fiction books for an international market. He now combines that with chairing Knole Estates, the property and investment company which runs the Sackville family's interests at Knole. In 2008, he and his wife and three children moved in the house, which has been occupied by the Sackville family for 400 years.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781408809686 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408809680 |
| Title | Inheritance |
| Author | Robert Sackville-West |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2011-05-03 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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