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.
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.
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.
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Contents Preface Dramatis Personae Ground Plans A Vanished World Clive Bell's Study The Dining Room The Kitchen The Garden Room Vanessa Bell’s Bedroom The Studios Clive Bell’s Bedroom The Green Bathroom The Library Maynard Keynes’s Bedroom Duncan Grant’s Bedroom The Spare Bedroom The Garden Suggested Further Reading Visitor Information Index Acknowledgements
Contents Preface Dramatis Personae Ground Plans A Vanished World Clive Bell's Study The Dining Room The Kitchen The Garden Room Vanessa Bell’s Bedroom The Studios Clive Bell’s Bedroom The Green Bathroom The Library Maynard Keynes’s Bedroom Duncan Grant’s Bedroom The Spare Bedroom The Garden Suggested Further Reading Visitor Information Index Acknowledgements
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