Pepita - Brossura

Sackville-West, Vita

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0860687767 ISBN 13: 9780860687764

Casa editrice: Virago, 1986

Riassunto

The extraordinary story of Vita Sackville-West's grandmother Josefa (Pepita) and her mother Victoria. Pepita, the half-gypsy daughter of an old-clothes pedlar from Malaga makes her fortune as a dancer in Madrid. She is soon the toast of all Europe and embarks on an affair with a young English attache. This sets the scene for a most bizarre family history.
After her early death, her daughter Victoria is condemned to an austere convent until the age of eighteen. Socially ostracized without knowing why, she is suddenly whisked off to become the mistress of her diplomat father's Washington household. Eventually, this illegitimate half-Spanish waif finds herself the volatile and wayward mistress of Knole, one of the grandest houses in England. Vita Sackville-West's fascination with this unlikely inheritance brings her two subjects to life -- the wild and mysterious Pepita, and the adored yet impossible Victoria.

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L'autore:

Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) was born and educated at Knole. She and her husband Harold Nicolson created the famous garden at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent.

Product Description:

Book by SackvilleWest Vita

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Virago
• Data di pubblicazione: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0860687767
• ISBN 13: 9780860687764
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288