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About The Sisters: The Saga Of The Mitford Family
Product Description "Fascinating, the way all great family stories are fascinating."―Robert Gottlieb, New York Times Book Review 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 Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley; and Unity, a close friend of Hitler, shot herself in the head when England and Germany declared war. The Mitfords had style and presence and were remarkably gifted. Above all, they were funny―hilariously and mercilessly so. In this wise, evenhanded, and generous book, Mary Lovell captures the vitality and drama of a family that took the twentieth century by storm and became, in some respects, its victims. 24 b/w photographs From The New Yorker "This is not a political book," the author writes, and quotes Lord Longford: "You have to look at that family as fun." Well, perhaps. Of the six sisters, Diana was married to the Fascist politician Oswald Mosley; Unity, obsessed with Hitler, shot herself when England and Germany went to war; Jessica joined the Communist Party. Nancy, of course, wrote delicious, acidic novels; she was also partly responsible for sending her sister Diana to prison. While it seems that every nickname bestowed by the ever-inventive clan is recorded in this fulsome, willfully injudicious volume (Honks, Debo, Bobo, Muv, Farve, Rudbin, Idden, Nanny Blor), the only information that might be called revelatory is that Dinky, Jessica's daughter, is now an emergency nurse specializing in pain management. Copyright © 2005 The New Yorker Review "A dazzling cast of characters.... A rivetingly intimate history lesson." ― Anneli Rufus, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "Vivid social history that reads like a novel.... An impressive group biography." ― Malinda Nash, Houston Chronicle "These women were so powerfully, inescapably, passionately alive.... The book remains engrossing from beginning to end." ― John Powers, Vogue "Lovell deftly weaves together the various strands of her subjects' lives, making great use of letters, interviews and unpublished correspondence, as well as interviews with the two surviving Mitford sisters, Diana and Deborah." ― Matthew Price, Newsday "This biography presents a fascinating family to a new generation of readers." ― Lisa Levy, Entertainment Weekly "Lovell rises with aplomb to the challenges of a group biography, deftly weaving together the narrative threads of six at times radically disparate lives to create a fascinating account of a fascinating family." ― Publishers Weekly "A captivating read." ― Amy Strong, Library Journal "The Mitfords' stories have been told over and over again, but.... Lovell, utilizing previously unseen documents, explores the relationships between the sisters... and presents the utter 'fun' of this privileged but madcap family." ― Allen Weakland, Booklist About the Author Mary S. Lovell's best-selling biographies include Straight on Till Morning (Beryl Markham) and The Sisters (the Mitford family). She lives in England.
