The son of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson tells his own story of soldiering, publishing, politics and authorship. As a child Nigel Nicolson was the companion of Virginia Woolf when she was writing ORLANDO, the mock biography of his mother. His later life as a soldier, then an MP and finally full-time writer and publisher are here recorded with great insight and style.
Author Biography
Nigel Nicolson is the son of the politician, diarist and biographer Harold Nicolson and the poet and writer Vita Sackville-West. The family were close friends with Virginia and Leonard Woolf. Nicolson was the co-founder of Weidenfeld and Nicolson, was a Conservative MP in the 1950s and is the author of fifteen previous books. Previous titles: Harold Nicolson Diaries (Bfmt Nov 05); Virginia Woolf (Lives Series); Kent; Mary Curzon; Long Life: Memoirs; World of Jane Austen; Portrait of a Marriage; Vita and Harold
