About this title: The Mitfords had style, presence, and were extremely gifted: four would go on to write bestselling books. Above all, they were funny--hilariously and often mercilessly so. In this wise, evenhanded, and generous book, Lovell captures the vitality and extraordinary drama of a family that took the 20th century by the throat and became, in some ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780393010435ISBN:0393010430
Description: Good. Used item may show library stamps, stickers and marks. Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2003-03
ISBN-13:9780393324143ISBN:0393324141
Description: Acceptable in N/A jacket. 2003 PBK Edition. Clean text, reading crease to the front cover, bump with crease at the bottom front fore corner, tear on the back cover at the top, and front cover at the bottom. read more
Description: Good in Good dust jacket; 2003. 0393324141. Cover has mild shelfwear, otherwise very good copy. Unmarked.; Softcover; W. W. Norton & Company; NY; Eighth Printing; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 611 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780393324143ISBN:0393324141
Description: Very Good. Text pages clean & tight with no markings or highlighting. Cover has small crease in front & slight curl along edge. The Mitfords had style & presence & were splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the world wars. An extremely readable copy of a well written book. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780393324143ISBN:0393324141
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 640 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Clean inside and out with some shelf/edge wear to soft cover. Closed pages a little dusty looking from shelving. No creases to cover or spine. A good solid copy. read more
Edition: American ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780393010435ISBN:0393010430
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Now in Brodart cover, clean, tight, and bright. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 384 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780393324143ISBN:0393324141
Description: Very Good. 5 1/2" X 8" 611 Pages Indexed. Cover corners and edges show some wear. No marks or stamps to the interior. Tight straight book with a slightly concave reading spine. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. This is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the world wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; beautiful Diana married the ... read more
Edition: First edition. American ed. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780393010435ISBN:0393010430
Description: New in fine dust jacket. Tight binding with clean copy. Cover is worn around edges. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 384 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 2003-03-01
ISBN-13:9780393324143ISBN:0393324141
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780393324143. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780393010435ISBN:0393010430
Description: 0393010430. NF, small owner name ffep in a NF DJ; British author of several biographies, this is the saga of the Mitford sisters, split ideologically between the wars; 5th Ptg; Cloth backed boards; Thick 8vo; DJ. read more
Edition: American ed. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780393010435ISBN:0393010430
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are in near new condition, pages are clean and unmarked. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 611 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780393324143ISBN:0393324141
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
"This book would have been fascinating even if it were just a chronicle of the lives of the English aristocracy, and how they changed over the course of the 20th century. When you add to that the Mitford sisters' impressive talents in their own right and the way they interacted with such a cross-section of world events, it becomes a really engrossing read.
One thing about this book that I suspect differentiates this from other Mitford books is that Lovell is fairly politically even-handed (and in some ways just not very interested in politics). This lets her write with equal sympathy about all of the sisters across the political spectrum, which is a very admirable trait for a biographer, but will probably make most readers uncomfortable at one point or another."
"This bookwas pretty interesting... I am fascinated by family dynamics (especially when the members are eccentric and idiosyncratic) I found the insights into the dissipated British aristocracy especially interesting.
Thinking back over a persons life and legacy fascinates me. I love to read biographies, to think of my own life as a work in progress. "She sometimes sat at the computer and recorded her ideas about what she had read, and though these ideas were often carelessly formed and tongue-in-cheek, they give us a wonderful window into her interior life as a frustrated genius...""
"What an absolutely fascinating book about an absolutely fascinating family. I had heard of Nancy Mitford and her novels, The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate but nothing about her eccentric life and her family's lives. In fact, I don't know what compelled me to buy this book back when it was first published. Once I started, I couldn't put it down, like a great novel. I guess, having three sisters myself, I was intrigued by a book about six sisters. The author does a superb job of tracing the lives of each, from birth to old age or death. You can see the formative events or the personality traits that caused each to become who they are. Unity's obsession with Hitler was fascinating. She would go to extreme lengths to get close to him. You can see why her family might like him--he did treat Unity very well, especially after her suicide attempt. Diana annoyed me a lot. She was so loyal to her husband, Oswald Mosley, despite his beliefs and his affairs. She never veered from her belief in the superiority of fascism and always defended her husband's involvement in it, even when it was clear how deluded they were. She's a terrible role model for the women of today. Decca was a nasty piece-of-work (so was Nancy at times) but you had to admire her courage and feistiness. I was sorry for this book to end and want to read even more about the Mitfords."
"I could understand easily how this book would be passed up by someone looking for their next read, especially if they'd never heard of the Mitfords. And yet there are several aspects that might interest a casual book-shopper thumbing through biographies:
* The dynamics of sisters. * The English gentry. * Dictatorish fathers. * Pre-WWI England. * The rich are different from you and me. * Nazis. * Fascists. * Writers.
The author manages to be sympathetic toward the family, even though several of them do not really deserve it (i.e. Diana), and create an interesting picture of a well-to-do English family with no real direction or values, and how they tore asunder."
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