by Lyndsy Spence (Author)
Celebrate all things Mitford with stories, features and essays on the Mitford girls and their contemporaries, including the much loved Mitford Tease. With contributions from: Meems Ellenberg; Lyndsy Spence; Kathy Hillwig; Annabel Abbs; Terence Towles Canote; Alan Stafford; Claire Meadows; Kim Place-Gateau; Michelle Morrissette; Chiara Martinelli The content includes: Friends and Frenemies: A Mitford Tease; The Muse: Diana Mitford and Helleu; A Very Mitford Reading; Lucia Joyce: The Pioneering Modern Dancer That Almost Was; Pam and Betje: An Enduring Friendship; Beaten by Beaton: Doris Delevingne and her Love Affair with Cecil Beaton; The Company She Kept: Unity Mitford and her Friends;Too Naked for the Nazis: How Betty Knox Went From Chorus Line to Front Line; Lady Bridget Parsons: The Pursuit of Love by; Literary Ladies: The Fictional Worlds of Nancy Mitford, Elizabeth Jane Howard and Lucia Berlin; The Big Tease: How Olivia de Havilland Fell for Nancy Mitford; In The Footsteps of the Mitfords; Debo and Cake: A Royal Friendship; Lady Irene Curzon: A Dim View of Diana; Private Enemy Number One; Camelot in the Derbyshire Dales; The President and The Duchess; Only the Sister: Angela du Maurier; Nancy Mitford and Harold Acton: A Life-long Friendship
Author Biography
LYNDSY SPENCE is the author of The Mitford Girls' Guide to Life, Mrs Guinness: The Rise and Fall of Diana Mitford, Margaret Lockwood: Queen of the Silver Screen, and The Mistress of Mayfair: Men, Money and the Marriage of Doris Delevingne. She has written for BBC News Magazine, Daily Express, The Lady, Silhouette, JACQUO, Social & Personal, and Vintage Life. She co-wrote The Flower Girl, a short film directed by Emmy Award winner Nick Nanton. Her books have been mentioned in The Independent, The Spectator, Daily Mail, The Times Diary, The Financial Times, Vanity Fair, and on Classic FM.
Number of Pages: 106
Dimensions: 0.22 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN
Publication Date: October 29, 2016
