{"product_id":"six-paperback-1","title":"Six - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Riveting. \u003ci\u003eThe Six\u003c\/i\u003e captures all the wayward magnetism and levity that have enchanted countless writers without neglecting the tragic darkness of many of the sisters' life choices and the savage sociopolitical currents that fueled them.\" --Tina Brown, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey were the Mitford sisters: Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, and Deborah. Born into country-house privilege in the early years of the twentieth 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 World War II.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLAURA THOMPSON\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and freelance journalist. She won the Somerset Maugham award for her first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e, and is also the author of the critically acclaimed biography of Nancy Mitford, \u003ci\u003eLife in a Cold Climate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgatha Christie: An English Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eA Different Class of Murder: the Story of Lord Lucan \u003c\/i\u003e(2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42124648415367,"sku":"9781250099549","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f08f5f93e657b47595cf1763c208478e.webp?v=1732571729","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/six-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}