Love in a Cold Climate: The wickedly funny sequel to The Pursuit of Love - Softcover

Mitford, Nancy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241974690 ISBN 13: 9780241974698

Publisher: Penguin, 2015

Synopsis

Love in a Cold Climate is the sequel to Nancy Mitford's bestselling novel The Pursuit of Love.

'How lovely - green velvet and silver. I call that a dream, so soft and delicious, too.' She rubbed a fold of the skirt against her cheek. 'Mine's silver lame, it smells like a bird cage when it gets hot but I do love it. Aren't you thankful evening skirts are long again?'

Ah, the dresses! But oh, the monotony of the Season, with its endless run of glittering balls. Even fabulously fashionable Polly Hampton - with her startling good looks and excellent social connections - is beginning to wilt under the glare.

Groomed for the perfect marriage by her mother, fearsome Lady Montdore, Polly instead scandalises society by declaring her love for her uncle 'Boy' Dougdale, the Lecherous Lecturer, and promptly eloping to France. But the consequences of this union no one could quite expect . . .

Love in a Cold Climate is the wickedly funny follow-up to The Pursuit of Love.

'Entirely original, inimitable and irresistible' Philip Hensher, Spectator

About this title

Review:

'Entirely original, inimitable and irresistible.' (The Spectator)

About the Author:

Nancy Mitford (1904-1973) was born in London, the eldest child of the second Baron Redesdale. She had written four novels, including Wigs on the Green (1935), before the success of The Pursuit of Love in 1945, which she followed with Love in a Cold Climate (1949), The Blessing (1951) and Don't Tell Alfred (1960). She also wrote four works of biography. Nancy Mitford was awarded the CBE in 1972.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0241974690
• ISBN 13: 9780241974698
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256