I'll Stand by You

"These letters tell the story of an enduring love affair between two extraordinary women: the great short-story writer, novelist and poet, Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978), and the poet Valentine Ackland (1906-1969). During their life together, from 1930 to 1969, they regularly wrote to each other, not just when they were apart, but also when actually together. This is probably the most detailed personal account of a lesbian relationship this century." "The letters describe music and art, books and politics; they touch on their involvement and emotions with regard to the Spanish Civil War, to communism and to the Second World War. Above all, they cast a new light on the life and career of Sylvia Townsend Warner herself, confirming her as one of the most important British writers of the century."--BOOK JACKET.