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Portrait of a Marriage: Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson is the 1973 biography of writer and gardener Vita Sackville-West compiled by her son Nigel Nicolson from her journals and letters.
Portrait of a Marriage is a British television miniseries detailing the real-life love affair between Vita Sackville-West and Violet Keppel, as well as the strength of Vita's enduring marriage to the diplomat Harold Nicolson.
- Period Drama
Based on a true story, this 1990 TV series follows the passionate affair between Vita Sackville-West and Violet Keppel in post-World War I England. The series explores the challenges and consequences of their forbidden love, as well as the impact on their husbands and families.
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- 1992-07-19
- Biography, Drama, Romance
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Nov 1, 1998 · In PORTRAIT OF A MARRIAGE, Vita works out her own feelings about her just concluding affair with Violet Trefusis, an impassioned three-year romp through England and over Europe that came within a hare's breath of ruining her marriage; that would have sunk any ordinary marriage if not for upper class social convention (ironically ...
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- Nigel Nicolson
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- University of Chicago Press
Jan 1, 2001 · In Portrait of a Marriage, their son Nigel combines his mother's memoir with his own explanations and what he learned from their many letters. Even during her various love affairs with women, Vita maintained a loving marriage with Harold.
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The classic story of the relationship between Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, and a unique portrait of the Bloomsbury Group. 'A brilliantly structured account of the dramas, infidelities and deep emotional attachments' GUARDIAN. 'An intimate and controversial account of his bisexual parents' open relationship' NEW YORK TIMES.
- Nigel Nicolson MBE, Vita Sackville-West
Nov 26, 2022 · Portrait of a Marriage: Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson (1973) is the story of an unconventional union, written by one of the couple’s two sons, Nigel Nicolson.
