![]() ![]() Six attractive high society girls (their father was Baron Redesdale) who between them spanned the whole range of political beliefs. (I haven’t read any of Nancy’s novels but intend to). I didn’t know a huge amount about them and was never sure who was who. In fiction too, their influence can be felt as inspiration for characters in many novels as well as directly influencing English Literature through Nancy’s highly regarded novels published from the mid 1930s to early 1960s. Read any account of British history of the period and at least one Mitford is likely to appear, even if on the sidelines, particularly anything which examines the upper classes of the first half of the twentieth century. It would be a big enough job for a biographer to focus on one of the sisters but Lovell here tackles all six, not entirely forgetting brother Tom, the third of the seven children. ![]() The big decision must have been just what to include and what to leave out as the Mitford sisters have generated so much print over the decades. She must have been inundated with material for this thoroughly researched work. Lovell’s sixth publication reads like a labour of love. ![]()
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