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The six, the lives of the Mitford sisters, Laura Thompson

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The six, the lives of the Mitford sisters, Laura Thompson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-370) and index

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collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The six

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

932576857

Responsibility statement

Laura Thompson

Sub title

the lives of the Mitford sisters

Summary

"The eldest was a razor-sharp novelist of upper-class manners; the second was loved by John Betjeman; the third was a fascist who married Oswald Mosley; the fourth idolized Hitler and shot herself in the head when Britain declared war on Germany; the fifth was a member of the American Communist Party; the sixth became Duchess of Devonshire. They were the Mitford sisters: Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, and Deborah. Born into country-house privilege in the early years of the 20th century, they became prominent as "bright young things" in the high society of interwar London. Then, as the shadows crept over 1930s Europe, the stark--and very public--differences in their outlooks came to symbolize the political polarities of a dangerous decade. The intertwined stories of their stylish and scandalous lives--recounted in masterly fashion by Laura Thompson--hold up a revelatory mirror to upper-class English life before and after WWII."--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The Mitford Phenomenon -- Part I -- Part II -- Part III -- Part IV -- Afterwards -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- Picture Acknowledgements

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Lives of the Mitford sisters

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