Helen Rootham

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

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

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 '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...

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

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

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.