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Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History (Paperback)
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Short Description for SissinghurstA fascinating account from award-winning author Adam Nicolson of the history of Nicolson's own national treasure, his family home: Sissinghurst.
Full description- Publisher: HarperPress
- Published: 03 September 2009
- Format: Paperback 400 pages
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- Categories: Residential Buildings, Domestic Buildings | Biography: Literary | Local History
- ISBN 13: 9780007240555 ISBN 10: 0007240554
- Sales rank: 36,059
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Sissinghurst
Sissinghurst is Adam Nicolson's home: "It is where I came to understand what a tree was, what a friend was, what a rnrnhideout was, what a landscape was, how entrancing streams were as they made their way in and out of the margins of a rnrnwood, and what solitariness, nature and love might be." In its ruins, Adam's grandfather, Harold Nicolson, and the artist Vita rnrnSackville-West, created a unique, world-famous garden. The garden and Sissighurst Castle are owned by the National rnrnTrust. It is a hugely popular tourist attraction.rn
by Mark Thwaite
rnAdam and his family moved in to "occupy" the house when Adam's father died. And then the trouble started. The National rnrnTrust had a particular idea of the Sissinghurst "brand", but it conflicted with the more wholistic, working vision that rnrnAdam has of the place he thinks of as home, and where he wants to live with his family (dogs and rabbits included!).rn
rnNicolson's riveting book -- now a BBC television series -- tells the history of Sissinghurst past and recounts the rnrnrecent and "passionate account of his struggle to reconnect garden, farm, land and business". A moving and fascinating rnrnbook.
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