The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family

Mary S. Lovell
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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 was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; the ethereally beautiful Diana was the most hated woman in England; and Unity Valkyrie, born in Swastika, Alaska, would become obsessed with Adolf Hitler.
Genres: BiographyNonfictionHistoryBiography MemoirHistoricalBritish LiteratureBook ClubWorld War IIMemoir20th Century
609 Pages

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