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The House of Mitford (Paperback)
$15.09 - Save $0.79 (4%) - RRP $15.88 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The House of MitfordThe classic story of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary families - an extensively updated new edition.
Full description- Publisher: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Published: 30 November 2004
- Format: Paperback 624 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Biography: General | Biography: Historical, Political & Military | Memoirs | British & Irish History | Genealogy
- ISBN 13: 9780753818039 ISBN 10: 0753818035
- Sales rank: 100,591
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Full description for The House of Mitford
Among the six daughters and one son born to David, second Lord Redesdale, and his wife Sydney were Nancy, the novelist and historian; Diana, who married fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley; Unity, friend of Hitler; Jessica, who became a communist and then an investigative journalist; and Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire and mistress of Chatsworth. 'The Mitford Girls,' as John Betjeman called them, were one of the twentieth century's most controversial families; said to be always either in shrieks of laughter or floods of tears, they were glamorous, romantic and - especially in politics - extreme. Yet the teasing, often bordering on cruelty, the flamboyant contrasts and the violent disagreements, hid a powerful affection, subtle likenesses in character, and a powerful underlying unity.
