Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Jacket price clipped, light jacket wear, a few corners lightly knocked, sides mildly tanned, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Signed by both Mosley and Devonshire. British edition, fourth printing, 2008. Edited by Charlotte Mosley, daughter-in-law of Diana Mitford. Fine in a Fine d/w. In 1956, Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire, youngest of the six Mitford sisters, invited the writer and war hero Patrick Leigh Fermor to visit Lismore Castle, in Ireland. This halcyon stay sparked off a deep friendship and a lifelong exchange of highly entertaining letters. There can rarely have been such contrasting styles: Debo, unashamed philistine and self-professed illiterate, darts from subject to subject, dashing off letters but hitting the nail on the head again and again without even looking, while Paddy, polyglot, widely-read prose virtuoso, replies in his characteristic fluent, polished manner. Prose notwithstanding, they have much in common: enjoyment of life, youthful high spirits, generosity and lack of malice. There are glimpses of President Kennedy's inauguration, weekends at Sandringham, filming with Erroll Flynn and, above all, of life at Chatsworth, which Debo spent much of her life restoring, and of Kardamyli, the home that Paddy built in his beloved Greece. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ms. Devonshire was born Deborah Mitford, the youngest of the six sisters, the letters cover the period 1954-2007, edited by Charlotte Mosley and with short biographical sketches of both correspondents; illustrated Top edge a little foxed, owner signature. Very good in dustwrapper. book.…