Nigel Nicolson: PORTRAIT OF A MARRIAGE. Nid. 1996 Phoenix

Nigel Nicolson: PORTRAIT OF A MARRIAGE. 1996 Phoenix a division of Orion Books Ltd, London. 58-sivuinen nidottu kirja (14 x 10,5 cm), kannessa hankauma ja pientä taittumaa (ks. kuva), jonkun sisälehden reunassa repeämä, muuten ehjä ja siisti kirja, ei merkintöjä.

PORTRAIT OF A MARRIAGE – ONE OF THE HAPPIEST AND STRANGEST MARRIAGES EVER (1973) on ilmestynyt suomeksi nimellä Erään avioliiton muotokuva (1975).

Portrait of a Marriage by Nigel Nicolson first published in Great Britain 1973. This abridged edition published 1996.

The marriage was that between the two writers Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, the portrait is drawn by Vita herself in an autobiography left behind at her deat in 1962, and also by her son Nigel.

This is the story of two people whose marriage not only survived infidelity, but became stronger and finer as a result.

Portrait of a Marriage: Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson is the 1973 biography of writer and gardener Vita Sackville-West (1892 – 1962) compiled by her son Nigel Nicolson from her journals and letters. This is a book of strong emotions relating to Sackville-Wests complicated marriage to writer and politician Harold Nicolson (1886 – 1968).

Nigel Nicolson (1917 – 2004) was a British writer, publisher and politician. Englantilainen Nigel Nicolson (1917 – 2004) oli poliitikko, kirjailija ja kustantaja. Hänen teoksistaan on suomennettu Erään avioliiton muotokuva (1975; Portrait of a Marriage 1973) ja Virginia Woolf (2007; Virginia Woolf 2000) sekä Maailman villi luonto –sarjassa julkaistu Himalaja (1982; The Himalayas 1975).