Christmas Pudding
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781907429217 (1907429212)
Publisher: Capuchin Classics
Edition language: English
I have recently bought all of Nancy Mitford's novels, and intend to read all eight. Christmas Pudding (1932) follows on from Nancy Mitford's first novel Highland Fling (1931). Some of the same characters appear in both books. I enjoyed the continuation, however Christmas Pudding works perfectly well...
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