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Nicolson, Adam, 1957-

Sissinghurst, an unfinished history : the quest to restore a working farm at Vita Sackville-West's legendary garden / Quest to restore a working farm at Vita Sackville-West's legendary garden by Adam Nicolson. - 1st American ed. - New York : Viking, 2010. - 341 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports., facsims. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sissinghurst -- Inheritance -- The idea -- Origins -- Testing -- Occupation -- Rejection -- Glory -- Disintegration -- Acceptance -- Admiration -- Renewal.

The grandson of Virginia Woolf's poet paramour Vita Sackville-West traces his efforts to restore his family's celebrated garden, an effort that included a reinstatement of a working farm to grow food for more than 200,000 annual visitors.

ISBN: 9780670021734

LCCN: 2009050258

Subjects--Personal Names:
Sackville-West, V. 1892-1962 --Homes and haunts.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Historic farms--Conservation and restoration--England.
Family farms--History.--England
Farm life--History.--England

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Sissinghurst Garden (England)--History.

LC Class. No.: SB466.G8 / N53 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 630.9422/38