The Mitfords
Author | : Charlotte Mosley |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 868 |
Release | : 2008-10-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780061375408 |
ISBN-13 | : 0061375403 |
Rating | : 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The Mitford sisters were the great wits and beauties of their time. Immoderate in their passions for ideas and people, they counted among their diverse friends Adolf Hitler and Queen Elizabeth II, Cecil Beaton and President Kennedy, Evelyn Waugh and Givenchy. The Mitfords offers an unparalleled look at these privileged siblings through their own unabashed correspondence. Spanning the twentieth century, the magically vivid letters of the legendary Mitfords constitute a superb social and historical chronicle and an intimate portrait of the stormy but enduring relationships between six beautiful, gifted, and radically different women.