House of Mitford
«Bigger, better and back on the shelves. Lord Moyne's lively account of the swishest society sextet has been updated. It's an oldie but it's a goodie»
TATLER
The classic story of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary families - an extensively updated new edition. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 688
- ISBN
- 9780753818039
- Utgivelsesår
- 2005
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«Bigger, better and back on the shelves. Lord Moyne's lively account of the swishest society sextet has been updated. It's an oldie but it's a goodie»
TATLER
«This entertaining book continues to promote the Mitfords' historical interest»
THE TIMES
«A fine group portrait of a truly remarkable tribe»
THE ATLANTIC
«Readers are afforded a rare glimpse of the tangled undergrowth of English snobbery, prejudice and reactionary politics - not just of 50 years ago but of today»
NEW YORK TIMES
«The book is delightfully readable, filled with fascinating peeps into personal letters and secret diaries. The earlier generations, wonderful Victorian eccentrics of wealth and privilege, are as amusing to read about as the later ones»
KIRKUS
«A most lively and readable portrait of the Mitford girls' and their forebears. Written with detachment and good-humoured affection»
ECONOMIST
«'Bigger, better and back on the shelves. Lord Moyne's lively account of the swishest society sextet has been updated. It's an oldie but it's a goodie'.»
Camilla Long, Tatler
«'This entertaining book continues to promote the Mitfords' historical interest'»
The Times