• The tower at Sissinghurst.

    June 28, 2015 in England ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Vita Sackville-West married Harold Nicolson in 1913. Their relationship was unconventional, with each pursuing multiple, mainly same-sex affairs. After breaking up with her lover in 1921, she became increasingly withdrawn.
    She wrote to her mother that she would like to live alone in a tower with her books.
    She achieved this in the tower at Sissinghurst where only her dogs were regularly admitted.
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