The six: the lives of the Mitford sisters
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New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016.
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First U.S. edition.
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388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table ; 25 cm
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"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."--

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"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.
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Thompson, L. (2016). The six: the lives of the Mitford sisters. First U.S. edition. New York, St. Martin's Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Thompson, Laura, 1964-. 2016. The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters. New York, St. Martin's Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Thompson, Laura, 1964-, The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters. New York, St. Martin's Press, 2016.

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Thompson, Laura. The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters. First U.S. edition. New York, St. Martin's Press, 2016.

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