Nancy Mitford
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Series
Pub. Date
[2010], 1945
Description
"Mitford modeled her characters on her own famously unconventional family. We are introduced to the Radletts through the eyes of their cousin Fanny, who stays with them at Alconleigh, their Gloucestershire estate. Uncle Matthew is the blustering patriarch, known to hunt his children when foxes are scarce; Aunt Sadie is the vague but doting mother; and the seven Radlett children, despite the delights of their unusual childhood, are recklessly eager...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
"Polly Hampton has long been groomed for the perfect marriage by her mother, the fearsome and ambitious Lady Montdore. But Polly, with her stunning good looks and impeccable connections, is bored by the monotony of her glittering debut season in London. Having just come from India, where her father served as Viceroy, she claims to have hoped that society in a colder climate would be less obsessed with love affairs. The apparently aloof and indifferent...
Author
Pub. Date
2001, c1982
Description
Presents two novels of English country life by twentieth-century author Nancy Mitford, including "The Pursuit of Love," which follows the romantic trials of young beauty Linda Radlett; and "Love in a Cold Climate," in which Polly Hampton's social standing is threatened by a scandalous love affair.
