The Millennial faint-hearted will be appalled by Mitford's depiction of class and gender.The real-life Mitford sisters: Unity, Diana, and Nancy (author of the source novel). Nancy Mitford taught the wonderful truth that laughter can see you through the darkest hours of your life Daily Mail Too spiky and intelligent, I think, to qualify as an altogether cosy read beneath the brittle surface of Mitford's wit there is something infinitely more melancholy at work - something that is apt to snag you and pull you into its dark undertow when you are least expecting it Zoë Heller, The Telegraph The story's genius lies in its wicked humour, which remains relentlessly uplifting even as the Blitz begin to smash all the hopes of that pre-war arcadia Olivia Laing, The Guardian Read moreĪ dazzling comic delight Fiona Wilson, The Times, Saturday Review Nancy completed her last book, Frederick the Great, before she died of Hodgkin's disease on 30 June 1973.
In the 1950s she began writing historical biographies - her life of Louis XIV, The Sun King, became an international bestseller.
While working in London during the Blitz, Nancy met and fell in love with Gaston Palewski, General de Gaulle's chief of staff, and eventually moved to Paris to be near him. Nancy contributed columns to The Lady and the Sunday Times, as well as writing a series of popular novels including The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate, which detailed the high-society affairs of the six Radlett sisters. The Mitford sisters came of age during the Roaring Twenties and wartime in London, and were well known for their beauty, upper-class bohemianism or political allegiances. Her sisters included Lady Diana Mosley Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire and Jessica, who immortalised the Mitford family in her autobiography Hons and Rebels. Nancy Mitford was born in London on November 28 1904, daughter of the second Baron Redesdale, and the eldest of six girls.
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