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"The Mitford girls were probably the most spectacular sister act of the twentieth century."— Vogue This is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy was one... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Nancy Mitford: Author.
- Jessica 'Decca' Mitford: Communist.
- Unity Mitford: Fascist.
- Pamela Mitford: Add a description of this character.
- Diana Mitford: Second husband was a Fascist.
- Deborah 'Debo' Mitford: Duchess.
- Thomas Mitford: Only brother to the Mitford sisters. Died during World War II.
- David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale
- Sydney Bowles Mitford, Lady Redesdale
- Sir Oswald Mosley: Diana's second husband. A British Fascist.
- Bryan Guinness: Diana's first husband. Heir to famous Guinness brewing fortune.
- Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire: Debo's husband.
- Peter Rodd: Nancy's husband.
- Esmond Romilly: Decca's first husband. A distant cousin of hers and a nephew of Winston Churchill.
- Robert Treuhaft: Decca's second husband. An American Communist.
- Winston Churchill: Prime Minister that was related by marriage — several — to the Mitford family.
- Evelyn Waugh: A friend of Nancy's.
- John Betjeman: A friend of Nancy's.
- Clementine Churchill: Winston's wife and related to the Mitford family.
- Laura Dicks: Nanny Blor.
- Katharine Graham: A friend of Decca's.
- Derek Jackson: Pam's husband.
- Kathleen Kennedy: Debo's sister-in-law. They both married Cavendish brothers.
- William Cavendish, Lord Hartington: Debo's brother-in-law who married Kathleen Kennedy. He died and the dukedom passed on to her husband.
- Gaston Palewski: Nancy's lover.
Setting & Locations edit
- United Kingdom
- London
- England
- Germany
- Paris
- Munich
- France
- Europe
- Spain
- Washington, D.C.
- Great Britain
- New York
- California
- Italy
- Oxford
- Virginia
- Eton
- United States
- Bayonne
- Rotherhithe
- San Francisco
- Scotland
- Switzerland
- Venice
- Czechoslovakia
- Austria
- Dieppe
- Berlin
- Swastika, Ontario
- Russia
- Ireland
- High Wycombe
- Aranka
- Bayreuth
- Africa
- Oban, United Kingdom
- Rome
- Ceylon
First Sentence edit
Sydney Bowles was fourteen years old when she first set eyes on David Freeman Mitford.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Mary S. Lovell (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0393010430
Page Count: 384
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0393010430
Page Count: 384
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 920.720941
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- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Women
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
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