In 1913, the twenty-one-year-old Vita Sackville-West married the diplomat Harold Nicolson. This did not prevent the passionate author and brilliant landscape gardener from repeatedly engaging in affairs with women, the most famous of whom was Virginia Woolf. As the couple rarely lived in the same place for extended periods due to Nicolson's diplomatic work, their relationship developed through a continuous exchange of letters. This correspondence reveals an unbroken flow of thoughts and feelings, characterized by unique openness and connection. Barbara von Becker has made a successful selection from a vast collection of letters, tracing the lives of these extraordinary individuals, offering an intimate glimpse into an unconventional marriage, and documenting a piece of English and European history.