All Passion Spent: WITH Return of the Soldier AND Two Days in Aragon [Hardcover]

'Shades of Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, Ivy Compton Burnett. A very gifted writer of fiction' -- GAY TIMES --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

In 1860, as an unmarried girl of 17, Lady Slane nurtures a secret burning ambition--to become an artist. She becomes, instead, the wife of a great statesman and the mother of six children. Seventy years later, how a widow, she retires to a tiny house in Hampstead and recollects the dreams of youth, and enjoys the mellow present in the company of those she has chosen. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) was a distinguished novelist, poet and critic. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.