Most Popular Books by Nigel Nicolson

Nigel Nicolson est le fils de Vita Sackville-West et de Harold Nicolson. Elle était la célèbre romancière et lui l’homme politique de renom. Ils eurent un mariage heureux et l''affection qu’ils se portaient n''a cessé de croître en profondeur en dépit des complications résultant de leur singularité : « Tous deux aimèrent des gens de leur propre sexe. » Leur union connut des tumultes causés par leurs infidélités respectives – la passion amoureuse de Vita pour Violet Trefusis notamment –, mais leur mariage demeura l''axe inébranlable de leur vie. Écrivain, éditeur de la correspondance de Virginia Woolf, Nigel Nicolson a publié en 1973 ce qui se donne à la fois comme le journal intime de sa mère, un récit d’une incroyable modernité – « un jour viendra où la société acceptera que les femmes puissent aimer les femmes et les hommes, les hommes » (Vita Sackville-West en 1920) – et un panégyrique du mariage. Traduit de l’anglais par Viviane Forrester.

Rightfully called "the garden of England," the county of Kent can boast of an impressive seacoast bordered by cliffs, small towns of infinite charm, and naturally rich and fertile soil in which greenery flourishes. Combining the best a guidebook has to offer with a history of how the region developed, a born-and-bred Kentishman relates a fascinating tale of a place filled with character and spirit. Breathtaking photographs show majestic landscapes, churches, manors, and farms, and nature at its wildest. 160 pages, 65 color illus., 51 b/w illus., 7 9/16 x 10 3/8.

At the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 Nigel Nicolson was in his mid-thirties and already a successful publisher, a left-leaning Conservative MP (elected to Parliament the day King George VI died) and an author. He moved close to royal circles yet was not part of the Court. He has kept a daily diary throughout these years and has observed how a nation that still boasted an empire gradually down-sized to a sovereign state that is now part of the European community. In 1953 the Queen ruled over a country still recovering from the depradations of world war II. The royal family kept its private life private. How it has all changed since then! Why has it changed? asks Nicolson. Is it a change for the good? Should we continue to have a royal family? Then there are the social changes, the technological innovations. Nicolson comments on them, writing with a wry sense of humour and a keen sense of history.

Un raffinatissimo scrittore (figlio di Vita Sackville-West e di Harold Nicolson e autore del celeberrimo Scene di un matrimonio - di prossima pubblicazione in BUR La Scala) ricostruisce la tragedia della Grande Armée in Russia nel 1812, una sconfitta che segnò l''inizio inarrestabile della caduta di Napoleone.

Nigelson confirms that Fink''s copy of "An impression on wax" was given by Lady Sackville to Vita Sackville-West.

Features the houses Jane Austen lived in and visited, and the houses she invented for her novels, plus her love of the English landscape.

Leven en huwelijk van de Engelse schrijfster Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) en haar echtgenoot Harold Nicolson (1886-1968), diplomaat en schrijver, weergegeven door hun zoon. Gebaseerd op herinneringen, dagboeken en een autobiografie van zijn moeder.