Nancy Mitford - Softcover

Nancy Mitford; Harold Acton; Diana Mosley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906142572 ISBN 13: 9781906142575

Publisher: Gibson Square Books Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

What was Nancy Mitford's wicked sense of humour really like? The writer and poet Harold Acton was - like Nancy Mitford herself - one of the Bright Young Things and a life-long close friend with whom she stayed in touch from Paris and London. From the letters and materials she had been gathering for her autobiography, Acton draws an irresistibly sparkling portrait of the author of "Love in a Cold Climate" and "The Pursuit of Love", who was so unhappy in love herself. Full of her waspish wit, gossip, and the drops of acid she liked to pour on the pretensions of her time, he paints a fresh portrait that is unlikely to be surpassed.

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Review:

The autobiography Nancy Mitford intended to write herself.' Daily Mail " 'A hotline to Nancy Mitford.' Deborah Moggach " Foreword by Diana Mosley " 'Weep with laughter.' India Knight, London Review of Books --1

From the Publisher:

Used by Deborah Moggach for her acclaimed recent adaptation of The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate, this is a rare view of the real-life Nancy Mitford. In the same way his brother William, a painter, captured his subjects Harold Acton her recreates the laughs that made her friends love her and forgive her wicked sense of humour.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gibson Square Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1906142572
• ISBN 13: 9781906142575
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224