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The six : the lives of the Mitford sisters  Cover Image Book Book

The six : the lives of the Mitford sisters / Laura Thompson.

Thompson, Laura, 1964- (author.). Thompson, Laura, 1964- revision of: Take six sisters. (Added Author).

Summary:

"The eldest was a razor-sharp novelist of upper-class manners; the second was loved by John Betjeman; the third was a fascist who married Oswald Mosley; the fourth idolized Hitler and shot herself in the head when Britain declared war on Germany; the fifth was a member of the American Communist Party; the sixth became Duchess of Devonshire. They were the Mitford sisters: Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, and Deborah. Born into country-house privilege in the early years of the 20th century, they became prominent as "bright young things" in the high society of interwar London. Then, as the shadows crept over 1930s Europe, the stark--and very public--differences in their outlooks came to symbolize the political polarities of a dangerous decade. The intertwined stories of their stylish and scandalous lives--recounted in masterly fashion by Laura Thompson--hold up a revelatory mirror to upper-class English life before and after WWII."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250099532 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First published in Great Britain under the title 'Take Six Girls' by Head of Zeus Ltd"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Mitford family.
Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996.
Mitford, Nancy, 1904-1973.
Mitford, Pamela, 1907-1994.
Mitford, Unity, 1914-1948.
Mosley, Diana, 1910-2003.
Devonshire, Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford Cavendish, Duchess of, 1920-2014.
Authors, English > 20th century > Biography.
Sisters > Great Britain > Biography.
Women authors, English > 20th century > Biography.
Great Britain > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cookstown Branch 920.720941 Mitfo-T 31681010028116 NONFIC Available -


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