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Drawing on much unpublished material, this biography traces not only Vita's professional and gardening life, but also her temperamental duality, the damaging influence of her irresistable mother, her early involvement with Violet Trefusis, her love affairs, and many other aspects of her life.

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Vita by Victoria Glendinning

Drawing on much unpublished material, this biography traces not only Vita's professional and gardening life, but also her temperamental duality, the damaging influence of her irresistable mother, her early involvement with Violet Trefusis, her love affairs, and many other aspects of her life.
Victoria Glendinning is a freelance writer, well-known for her successful biographies and novels. She has won many prizes including the Whitbread Prize for Biography twice, the Duff Cooper Prize and the James Tait Black Prize. She is also President of English PEN and a Vice-President of the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in London, but travels widely, particularly to Provence and south-west Ireland.
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ISBN 13 9780297841449
ISBN 10 0297841440
Title Vita
Author Victoria Glendinning
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 1998-02-09
Number of pages 448
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.