Portrait of a Marriage
“They both took lovers - of either sex.”
Melodrama detailing the real-life love affair between feminist writer Vita Sackville-West and novelist Violet Keppel against the backdrop of post-World War I England and opposition by Vita's politician husband Harold Nicolson.
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Drama set in 1918 about Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson, a golden couple that socialised in high society literary circles.
- Ep 1
1.Episode 1
8.019-09-199055 minFive years into her marriage Vita Sackville-West has an affair with Violet Keppel.
- Ep 2
2.Episode 2
8.026-09-199055 minVita and her Violet cross to France, enjoying masquerading as a honeymooning couple.
- Ep 3
3.Episode 3
8.003-10-199055 minVita has returned to gossip. The affair seems doomed. At same time Violet is being pressured to marry Denys and the only alternative is elopment and a public scandal.
- Ep 4
4.Episode 4
8.010-10-199055 minVita and Violet run away to France pursued by their husbands, Harold and Denys.
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