This is a reissue of the classic biography of Vita Sackville-WEst. The book documents life as a writer and famous gardener. It focuses on here relationships with Violet Trefusis, Virginia woolf, and her husband, her two sons and her unpublicised love affairs. Vita was determined to be more than just a married woman, her passionate, secretive character, and the strains, mistakes and achievements of her remarkable life makes Vita a absorbing and disturbing book.