Quentin Bell, Virginia Nicholson

Broschiertes Buch

Charleston

A Bloomsbury House & Garden

Beschreibung

Charleston: A Bloomsbury House & Garden is a fascinating personal account by Quentin Bell and his daughter Virginia Nicholson of the extraordinary Bloomsbury Group country house, its history and the lives of those who lived in it.

Autor

Quentin Bell (1910 – 1996) the younger son of Clive and Vanessa Bell, grew up at Charleston. He was a painter, sculptor, potter and art critic, and held chairs in Fine Art and History of Art at the universities of Leeds, Oxford and Sussex. His books include the prize-winning Virginia Woolf: A Biography, Bloomsbury and a memoir, Elders and Betters.Virginia Nicholson is the elder daughter of Quentin and Olivier Bell. Virginia spent her childhood holidays at Charleston, and is now is a trustee of the house. She is also the author of a series of acclaimed social histories, including Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900 – 1939. She is married to a writer, has three children and lives in Sussex. In June 2019, Virginia was elected to be a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quarto Publishing PLC
• New Edition
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 200mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9780711239319
• ISBN-10: 0711239312
• Artikelnr.: 49228437