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A House Full of Daughters by Juliet Nicolson (Omnibus)

Juliet Nicolson’s memoir of seven generations of women including her grandmother Vita Sackville West. Read by Juliet Stevenson.

Juliet Stevenson reads Juliet Nicolson's journey through seven generations of women.

These include her Flamenco dancing great great grandmother Pepita, her grandmother Vita Sackville West and her mother Philippa - all of whom have shaped and formed, in extraordinary ways, exactly who she has become today.

Journey through the slums of 19th century Malaga to the political elite of Washington, from English boarding schools during the second world war, to London in the 60s and New York in the 80s.

It's one woman's investigation into how her past forms and informs her future.

Omnibus of five parts.

Producer: Celia De Woolf -

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2016.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Mon 14 Dec 202002:20

Broadcasts

  • Sun 24 Apr 201609:00
  • Sun 24 Apr 201619:45
  • Sun 13 Dec 202014:20
  • Mon 14 Dec 202002:20