Heritage
Author(s): Vita Sackville-West
Ruth Pennistan is a farmer's daughter, born and brought up in Kent. But her dark hair and eyes belie a forgotten ancestry - a Spanish gypsy grandmother and a passionate inheritance. Malory, the rather strait-laced guest of the family, falls head over heels in love, even whilst Ruth becomes trapped against her will in a drama of love and tragedy with another man. Vita Sackville-West's first heroine echoes the passions and contradictions of the author's own life.
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"Alive with smouldering passion and passages of real beauty... Unquestionably a novel of unusual power" * Daily Telegraph * "Glamorous aristocrat, complete with ancient name, Spanish Gypsy blood, lost inheritance and family scandals; reckless, romantic lesbian and cross-dresser; devoted wife to a noted diplomat and diarist; mother of two talented sons; bestselling writer, gardener of genius - what could be more enthralling?" -- Hermione Lee * Guardian *
General Fields
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- : Vintage Publishing
- : Vintage Classics
- : 0.17
- : 31 January 2018
- : 198mm X 129mm X 13mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 April 2018
- : books
Special Fields
- : 208
- : 418
- : Paperback
- : Vita Sackville-West
