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The Penguin Complete Novels of Nancy Mitford" with an introduction by India Knight. In print together for the first time in many years & here in one volume are all eight of Nancy Mitfords sparklingly astute hilarious & completely unputdownable novels with a new introduction by India Knight. Published over a period of 30 years they provide a wonderful glimpse of the bright young things of the thirties forties fifties & sixties in the city & in the shires; firmly ensconced at home or making a go of it abroad; & what the upper classes really got up to in peace & in war. " Entirely original inimitable & irresistible". (" Spectator"). " Deliciously funny". (Evelyn Waugh). " Utter utter bliss". (" Daily Mail"). Nancy Mitford (1904-1973) was born in London the eldest child of the second Baron Redesdale. Her childhood in a large remote country house with her five sisters & one brother is recounted in the early chapters of " The Pursuit of Love" (1945) which according to the author is largely autobiographical. Apart from being taught to ride & speak French Nancy Mitford always claimed she never received a proper education. She started writing before her marriage in 1932 in order to relieve the boredom of the intervals between the recreations established by the social conventions of her world & had written four novels including " Wigs on the Green" (1935) before the success of " The Pursuit of Love" in 1945. After the war she moved to Paris where she lived for the rest of her life. She followed " The Pursuit of Love with Love in a Cold Climate" (1949) " The Blessing" (1951) & " Dont Tell Alfred" (1960). She also wrote four works of biography: " Madame de Pompadour" first published to great acclaim in 1954 " Voltaire in Love" " The Sun King" & " Frederick the Great". As well as being a novelist & a biographer she also translated Madame de Lafayettes classic novel " La Princesse de Cleves" into English & edited " Noblesse Oblige" a collection of essays concerned with the behaviour of the English aristocracy & the idea of U & non-U. Nancy Mitford was awarded the CBE in 1972." ...

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