Robert Sackville-West Books

Knole, a historic English house, has been home to the Sackville family for over four centuries. Robert Sackville-West offers a personal tour of this remarkable "calendar house," featuring 365 rooms and exquisite interiors captured in lavish photographs by Ashley Hicks. The narrative intertwines the family's rich history with notable figures from various eras, revealing their influence on English culture. Architectural transformations highlight evolving tastes, while Vita Sackville-West's disinheritance inspired Virginia Woolf's "Orlando," enhancing Knole's legacy.

By the end of the First World War, over half a million British soldiers were missing, presumed dead beneath the battlefields of northern France and Flanders. Robert Sackville-West compiles extraordinary accounts of those who dedicated their lives to searching for the missing, highlighting the lengths people will go to find meaning in their loss. The narratives include Rudyard Kipling's quest for his son's grave, E. M. Forster’s conversations with traumatized soldiers in Alexandria, and desperate attempts to communicate with the dead. The campaign to establish the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior and the exhumation and reburial of hundreds of thousands of bodies are also explored. This search spanned from the establishment of a department to investigate missing comrades to present-day efforts utilizing DNA profiling to recover, identify, and honor these men. While the rest of the country sought to heal and move forward, countless families embarked on arduous, often hopeless journeys to uncover the fates of their loved ones. By emphasizing the personal struggles of those left behind, the narrative vividly illustrates the legacy of war, showcasing the bravery, compassion, and resilience of the human spirit.

Brave New World tells what became of the high hopes and noble dreams of the generation that came through the horrible experience of World War II, and who vowed to make a better world. Some topics, fully illustrated are Second Printing, First Aid To Europe, The Cold War, Brave New Britain, France-The Road Back, The German Miracle, When Empires Vanish, New Nations From Old, New Winds in Africa, European Union, Middle East in Turmoil, Inside America, Vietnam Quicksands, Red Dawn in the East, Changing Times, The Youth Explosion, A New Deal for Women,and much more. Time Chart included. 12 x 9 inches. 160 pages with index. Readers Digest Association, London, England, 2001.