WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JULIET NICOLSON. Vita Sackville-West was an extraordinary woman from a long line of extraordinary women
- this book tells their stories. Her grandmother Pepita, daughter of an old-clothes pedlar, made her fortune as a dancer & had a scandalous affair with an English diplomat. Their illegitimate daughter Victoria, Vita`s mother, spent her childhood hidden in a convent but went on to be the glamorous mistress of Knole, one of the grandest old houses in Engl&. Vita brings her legendary wit, passion & eccentricity to this colourful family portrait.