Childhood
Adam Nicolson reads from his account of Sissinghurst, one of Britain's most celebrated gardens, purchased by his grandparents Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson in 1932.
Adam recalls his early years, planting his first tree and smoking his first cigarette.
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