Behind the Mask

A new biography of Vita Sackville-West, from the author of }Queen Victoria{. Aristocrat, literary celebrity, 'Rose Queen', devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast; Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward. Drawing on wide-ranging sources and the extensive letters that sustained her marriage, this is an extraordinary portrait of 20th century life. Not final jacket image.