Sunday, August 07, 2011

Bloomsbury women in full bloom


‘‘Heaven preserve us fromall the sleek and dowdy virtues, such as punctuality, conscientiousness, fidelity and smug-ness!’’ So wrote Violet Keppel in her unruly call to arms to the great ruling passion of her life, Vita Sackville-West.‘‘What great man was ever constant? What great queen was ever faithful? Novelty is the very essence of  genius and always will be"


This long and fascinating review of  Michael Holroyd's A Book of Secrets: Illegitimate Daughters, Absent Fathers - 258 pages, illustrated - Chatto & Windus pds.16.99; Farrar,Straus & Giroux US$26 - has made me very keen to read the book!

And here is an earlier review from The Independent.
And one from The Times.

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