The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family

By: Mary S. Lovell

Published 2003 by Abacus (first published 2001)

Category: Biography

Pages: 609 pages

Description:
This is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; the ethereally beautiful Diana was the most hated woman in England; and Unity Valkyrie, born in Swastika, Alaska, would become obsessed with Adolf Hitler.