The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family

Name: The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Mary S. Lovell
ISBN: 8601401184560

Mary S. Lovell

17/03/2003
W. W. Norton & Company

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Couverture de The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family par Mary S. Lovell

Résumé

This is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the world wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; beautiful Diana married the Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley; and Unity, a close friend of Hitler, shot herself in the head when England and Germany declared war. The Mitfords had style and presence and were remarkably gifted. Above all, they were funny--hilariously and mercilessly so. In this wise, evenhanded, and generous book, Mary Lovell captures the vitality and drama of a family that took the twentieth century by storm and became, in some respects, its victims.