Lewis Jones

Wealth is no guarantee of happiness. Look at the Sackville-Wests

A review of The Disinherited: A Story of Love, Family and Betrayal, by Robert Sackville-West. This biography of the famous family does not end well

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  • The Disinherited: A Story of Love, Family and Betrayal

    Robert Sackville-West

    Bloomsbury, pp. 308

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