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At the outbreak of World War II, Diana Mosley, the Mitford sister who grew up with the Churchills, was imprisoned after her husband, the British Fascist Leader, Sir Oswald Mosley, was arrested under the orders of Winston Churchill. In this work, she tells in her own words what motivated her life and under what exceptional circumstances it took place, having known the two most powerful politicians of 20th-century Europe and living with one of the most controversial British politicians in recent history.
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'Her book reads like brilliant talk; she is constitutionally incapable of being dull.' Jonathan Raban -- Jonathan Raban, Sunday Times
'She was clearly a star...' -- Anne de Courcy, in The Viceroy's Daughters
‘A Life of Contrasts is a candid, page-turning memoir'. -- Mary Lovell
‘Sharp, amusing and well-written.' -- Hugh Thomas, New Statesman
‘a rare treat.' -- Selina Hastings
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'She was clearly a star...' -- Anne de Courcy, in The Viceroy's Daughters
‘A Life of Contrasts is a candid, page-turning memoir'. -- Mary Lovell
‘Sharp, amusing and well-written.' -- Hugh Thomas, New Statesman
‘a rare treat.' -- Selina Hastings
Diana Mosley was born in 1910 and received her first lessons in politics at the feet of Winston Churchill, whose children were her playmates. She was married to Bryan Guinness when she fell in love with Oswald Mosley, then a Labour MP who had deserted the Tory party and was about to set up his own party.
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- PublisherGibson Square Books Ltd
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1903933080
- ISBN 13 9781903933084
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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