Helen Rootham

She dedicated it to Helen Rootham . Her title reflects the fascination with African culture which ES had already shown in Façade.

ES 's companion Helen Rootham began to be ill in various ways; the following year cancer was diagnosed. Her battle with it proved to be a long one.

ES was devastated when Helen Rootham , her erstwhile literary mentor and home companion for more than twenty years, died after a lengthy struggle with spinal cancer.

ES , Marguerite Bennett , and Helen Rootham founded the Anglo-French Poetry Society as a forum for Mrs Bennett's recitations.

ES 's grandmother Sitwell engaged Helen Rootham as a governess for Edith; she enlisted the help of eleven-year-old Osbert in making her choice.

ES 's governess, Helen Rootham , was a major influence on her intellectual development, since she introduced her to serious poetry, both English and French, making her the heir to two distinct traditions. By the...

ES lived in Paris: Helen Rootham had a sister, Evelyn , who lived there and helped to nurse Rootham through terminal cancer.

The twenty-five-year-old ES , with her companion and former governess Helen Rootham , left home for London.

ES provided an introduction to Helen Rootham 's translation of a selection of Rimbaud 's Illuminations.

ES , accompanied by her governess, Helen Rootham , travelled to Paris and other European capitals, as well as to Italy to rejoin her family.