Rooms of Their Own

Informationen zum Autor Nino Strachey is descended from a family at the heart of the Bloomsbury Group. Her research focuses on the expression of personality through place, interpreting the biography of buildings and collections. Since starting her career with the Landmark Trust, she has worked for English Heritage and the National Trust, curating the homes of scientists (Darwin), politicians (Churchill) and writers (Shaw). She is head of Research and Specialist Advice for the National Trust. Klappentext Evocative, engaging and filled with detail, this book explores the homes of three writers linked to the Bloomsbury Group. Bringing together stories of love and intimacy, of evolving relationships and erotic encounters, with vivid accounts of the settings in which they took place, it offers fresh insights into their complicated, interlocking lives. Zusammenfassung Evocative, engaging and filled with detail, this book explores the homes of three writers linked to the Bloomsbury Group. Bringing together stories of love and intimacy, of evolving relationships and erotic encounters, with vivid accounts of the settings in which they took place, it offers fresh insights into their complicated, interlocking lives.

Product details

• Authors: National Trust Books, Nino Strachey, Strachey Nino
• Publisher: Pavilion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781841657882
• ISBN: 978-1-84165-788-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; London, Greater London, Cultural Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, Collected biographies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, c 1920 to c 1929, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Biography: writers