num_pages: 285
description: At nineteen Sebastian is a duke and heir to a vast country estate. A deep sense of tradition binds him to his inheritance though he loathes the social circus he is a part of. Deception infidelity and greed hide beneath the glittering surface of good manners. Among the guests at a lavish party are two people who will change Sebastian's life: Lady Roehampton who will initiate him in the art of love; and Leonard Anquetil a polar explorer who will lead Sebastian and his free-spirited sister Viola to question their destiny.A portrait of fashionable society at the height of the era THE EDWARDIANS revealed all that was glamorous about the period - and all that was to lead to its downfall. First published in 1930 it was Vita Sackville-West's most successful book.
language: English
title: The Edwardians
publisher: Virago