The Mitford Girls: the biography of an extraordinary family
THE MITFORD GIRLS tells the true story behind the gaiety and frivolity of the six Mitford daughters - and the facts are as sensational as any novel: Nancy, whose bright social existence masked an obsessional doomed love which soured her success; Pam, a countrywoman married to one of the best...
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THE MITFORD GIRLS tells the true story behind the gaiety and frivolity of the six Mitford daughters - and the facts are as sensational as any novel: Nancy, whose bright social existence masked an obsessional doomed love which soured her success; Pam, a countrywoman married to one of the best brains in Europe; Diana, an iconic beauty, who was already married when at 22 she fell in love with Oswald Moseley, the leader of the British fascists; Unity, who romantically in love with Hitler, became a member of his inner circle before shooting herself in the temple when WWII was declared; Jessica, the family rebel, who declared herself a communist in the schoolroom and the youngest sister, Debo, who became the Duchess of Devonshire.This is an extraordinary story of an extraordinary family, containing much new material, based on exclusive access to Mitford archives.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780349115054 (0349115052)
Publish date: 2002
Publisher: Abacus (London)
Pages no: 616
Edition language: English
Strong 4,5 stars. Very informative!
Before reading "The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family" by Mary S. Lovell, I had already read Hons and Rebels: The Classic Memoir of One of Last Century's Most Extraordinary Families by Jessica Mitford, Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford, and the first two novels by Nancy Mit...
As a biography of the Mitfords, this is quite well done. If you're not interested in the Mitfords or England between the wars, then it's a lot of privilege and name dropping and bon mots and Nazis (or Fascists) versus Communists.I find the Mitfords fascinating, so I quite enjoyed the book. It's al...
Fascinating. You can really see how much of her and her sisters' lives went into Nancy Mitford's novels.
The story of an English family, the Mitfords, and the six remarkable sisters that each had very different lives, and each of whom made their own mark on the 20th century. A very good, if rather ponderous read, but very much worth it. So -- who is your favourite sister?For the complete review, please...
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