The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061373648 ISBN 13: 9780061373640

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2007

Synopsis

Good, 1st Edition, 3rd Impression. Very thick Royal 8vo. 832pp. Profuse illustrations from photographs, sepiaed photo endpapers. Very good clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscription or marks of any kind. In very good bright gilt lettered black cloth gently rubbed to spine. Together with original unclipped coloured dustwrapper gently rubbed to lover edge of rear board and slightly chipped to spine and 2 corners, otherwise very good. J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter Series, says in the blurb; 'A novelist would never get away with inventing this; a correspondence spanning 8 decades, written from locations including Chatsworth and Holloway Prison, between six original and talented women who numbered amongst their friends Evelyn Waugh, Maya Angelou, J.F. Kennedy and Adolf Hitler."

About this title

Review:

"An engrossing, deeply personal group portrait.Each letter is a thrilling gem unto itself.Marvelous fun." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Compelling.The letters are so affecting that it is difficult to refrain from wanting to get to know the sisters better." -- St. Petersburg Times

"An engrossing, deeply personal group portrait...Each letter is a thrilling gem unto itself...Marvelous fun."--Kirkus Reviews

"A splendid introduction to the eccentric charms of the Mitford world...On my short list of best books of the year."--Newsday

"Funny, loving, sparkly, snarky, heartbreaking, chilling, gossipy, wise....You'll be rewarded with six up-close, personal-and sometimes appalling-takes on the 20th century."--O magazine

"Marvelous...THE MITFORDS is quite simply one of the most sinful guilty pleasures of the season."--Baltimore Sun

"Fascinating...The sisters had the stiff upper lip of their class, and, it must be said, a way with words."--Wall Street Journal

"THE MITFORDS could have been an operatic group biography on an epic scale: Instead, thanks to its editor's taste and discretion, it is chamber music with symphonic longings... an intriguing record of each sister's personality... all six could write evocatively, even hauntingly."--Washington Post Book World

"Peppered with colorful nicknames, filled with love, encouragement, jealousy and gossip, and written primarily to amuse the recipients, the letters testify to the bonds of sisterhood."--Publishers Weekly

"Fascinating...Their irresistible appeal comes from the way they invite us into the close family circle."--New York Times Book Review

About the Author:

Charlotte Mosley, Diana Mitford's daughter-in-law, has worked as a publisher and journalist. She has published A Talent to Annoy: Essays, Articles, and Reviews by Nancy Mitford; Love from Nancy: The Letters of Nancy Mitford; and The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh. She lives in Paris.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0061373648
• ISBN 13: 9780061373640
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 834
• Editor: Mosley Charlotte