The Sisters

The Saga of the Mitford Family

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The Sisters

The Saga of the Mitford Family

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"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, the eldest, was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; the ethereally beautiful Diana, married to the Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley and imprisoned without trial through most of World War II, was the most hated woman in England; Unity Valkyrie, born in the mining town of Swastika, Alaska, would become obsessed with Adolf Hitler, whom she met on at least 140 occasions.

When war was declared between England and Germany, she shot herself in the head." "The Mitfords had style and presence, and were extremely gifted: four would go on to write best-selling books. Above all, they were funny - hilariously and often mercilessly so. In this wise, evenhanded, and generous book, Mary Lovell captures the vitality and extraordinary drama of a family that took the twentieth century by the throat and became, in some respects, its victims."--BOOK JACKET.

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384

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Cover of: Mitford Girls
Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family
2003, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
in English
Cover of: The Sisters
The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family
March 2003, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
Cover of: The Sisters
The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family
March 2003, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
Cover of: The Sisters
The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family
January 2002, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
Cover of: The sisters
The sisters: the saga of the Mitford family
2002, Norton
in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: The Mitford Girls
The Mitford Girls
July 18, 2002, Abacus
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: The sisters
The sisters: the saga of the Mitford family
2002, Norton
in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: THE MITFORD GIRLS
THE MITFORD GIRLS: THE BIOGRAPHY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY.
2001, Little Brown
Hardcover

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First Sentence

"Sydney Bowles was fourteen years old when she first set eyes on David Freeman Mitford."

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Open Library
OL7450880M
ISBN 10
0393010430
ISBN 13
9780393010435
Library Thing
12509
Goodreads
466305

First Sentence

"Sydney Bowles was fourteen years old when she first set eyes on David Freeman Mitford."

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August 5, 2010 Edited by IdentifierBot added LibraryThing ID
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April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from amazon.com record