Sissinghurst, an unfinished history

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Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History has all the elements of a wonderful drama, but ultimately its message about the importance of good stewardship of the land and of nourishing the community prevails.

It is clear that like his famous grandmother, Nicolson is a scribe of The Land."Cited by: 4. "Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History" is a must-read for anyone who loves Sissinghurst in order to understand not only its long and complex story but the larger implications of becoming a Trust propery/5.

The book explains his approach and belief it could be done and could work. It's a shame he wasn't able to succeed; perhaps he will in the future. Having known and loved Sissinghurst all my life I enjoyed reading its unfinished history and hopes for the future/5(27).

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Editions for Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History: (Hardcover published in ), (Hardcover published in ), (Paperba Cited by: 4. History Early history. The site is ancient; "hurst" is the Saxon term for an enclosed wood. Nigel Nicolson, in his guide, Sissinghurst Castle: An Illustrated History, records the earliest owners as the de Saxinhersts.

Stephen de Saxinherst is named in an charter about the nearby Combwell the end of the 13th century the estate had passed, through marriage, to the de nates: 51°06′57″N 0°34′53″E /.

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From lavish palace for Elizabethan nobles to dreary jailhouse for 18th-century prisoners of war, from well-manicured countr. Culture > Books > Reviews Sissinghurst: An unfinished history, By Adam Nicolson The author thought Sissinghurst was his; the National Trust thought it was theirs.

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Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History (Text only) by Adam Nicolson. A fascinating account from award-winning author, Adam Nicolson, on the history of Nicolson’s own national treasure, his family home: ghurst is world famous as a place of calm and beauty, a garden slipped into the ruins of a rose-pink Elizabethan palace."The story of Sissinghurst an estate in the Weald of Kent, is told here for the first time from the very beginning.

Adam Nicolson, who now lives there, has uncovered remarkable new findings about its history as a medieval manor and great sixteenth-century house, from the days of its decline as an eighteenth-century prison to a flourishing Victorian farm and on to the creation, by his /5(6).Buy Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History by Adam Nicolson online at Alibris.

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