The gatehouse tower to Sissinghurst Castle in Kent, home to Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson, serves as an entry point to this illustrated post placing Vita in context before a review of her final novel. Her presence is evident in lettered tiles set into a window sill on the turret stairs.
Continuing up the stairs …
… the visitor soon is able to enjoy the views of the garden ‘rooms’ set out by Vita and Harold:
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Noli domo egredi, nisi librum habes – Never leave home without a book.
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