Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters (Take Six Girls: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters) - Hardcover

Laura Thompson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1784970875 ISBN 13: 9781784970871

Publisher: Head of Zeus, 2015

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

'I was enthralled and charmed by this group biography of all six Mitford sisters, which tells the intertwined stories of their stylish scandalous lives in a fresh and admirably concise way - and with a striking contemporary sensibility too' --Editor's Choice

Book Description:

The contrasting lives of the Mitford sisters – stylish, scandalous and tragic by turns – hold up a mirror to upper-class life before and after the Second World War.

About this edition

• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1784970875
• ISBN 13: 9781784970871
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480