The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family

Author: Mary S. Lovell

This biography tells the true story behind the gaiety and frivolity of the six Mitford daughters – and the facts are as sensational as a novel. There is Nancy, whose bright social existence masked a doomed obsessional love, which soured her success; Pam, a countrywoman maried to one of the best brains in Europe; Diana, an iconic beauty, who was already married when, at 22,….Read More

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