Nancy Mitford: A Biography - Brossura

Harold Acton; Diana Mosley

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ISBN 10: 190393334X ISBN 13: 9781903933343

Casa editrice: Gibson Square Books Ltd, 2009

Riassunto

Nancy Mitford was witty, intelligent, often acerbic, a great tease and an acute observer of upper-class British idiosyncrasies. With the publication of "The Pursuit of Love" and "Love in a Cold Climate" (advised by Evelyn Waugh), she became a huge bestselling author and has remained a household name ever since. A few years before she died, she had started to collect material and letters to use for an autobiography. Her devastating illness prevented her from writing this memoir, but in 1974 Harold Acton, her close friend, completed her project on the basis of what she had collected in a work that is a witty tribute to her larger-than-life personality.

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Recensione:

'Stylish.' --Antonia Fraser, Standard

'Packed with good stories' --Times

L'autore:

Harold Acton, poet, novelist and historian, was born at La Pietra in Florence and belonged to the high tide of literature that produced so many classics of British fiction. He traveled extensively in Europe, China and the United States, keeping up a lifelong correspondence with Nancy Mitford from all these locations.

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• Editore: Gibson Square Books Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 190393334X
• ISBN 13: 9781903933343
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256