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The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Category: Classic Fiction
Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Loveis one of the funniest, sharpest novels about love and growing up ever written.'Obsessed with sex!' said Jassy, 'there's nobody so obsessed as you, Linda. Why if I so much as look at a picture you say I'm a pygmalionist.' In the end we got more information out of a boo ...Show more
The Pursuit of Love - With Love in a Cold Climate and the Blessing by Nancy Mitford
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
In one of the wittiest novels of them all, Nancy Mitford casts a finely gauged net to capture perfectly the foibles and fancies of the English upper class. Set in the privileged world of the county house party and the London season, this is a comedy of English manners between the wars by one of the most ...Show more
The Sun King by Nancy Mitford
Category: History
This title is presented with an Introduction by Stella Tillyyard. Louis XIV was during his reign the most powerful king in Europe. He presided over a golden age of military and artistic achievement in France, and deployed his charm and talents for spin and intrigue to hold his court and country within h ...Show more
Voltaire in Love by Nancy Mitford
Category: History
In 1733, the lovely, intelligent, and married Marquise du Chatelet commenced her romance with one Francois-Marie Arouet, a philosophe who had made a name for himself as "Voltaire." Mitford deftly and engagingly recounts their exemplary affair, whether in studious exile in the country, on the run from th ...Show more
Wigs on the Green by Nancy Mitford
Category: Fiction
"Wigs on the Green" by Nancy Mitford is a hilarious satire of the upper classes. Eugenia Malmains is one of the richest girls in England and an ardent supporter of Captain Jack and the Union Jackshirts; Noel and Jasper are both in search of an heiress (so much easier than trying to work for the money); ...Show more
Wigs on the Green by Nancy Mitford
Category: Classics
Nancy Mitford's most controversial novel, unavailable for decades, is a hilarious satirical send-up of the political enthusiasms of her notorious sisters, Unity and Diana. Written in 1934, early in Hitler's rise, Wigs on the Green lightheartedly skewers the devoted followers of British fascism. The ...Show more
Wigs on the Green (Audio CD; unabridged; 5 CDs) by Nancy Mitford
Category: Audio Books
A wickedly funny historical novel from the beloved Nancy Mitford. Eugenia Malmains is one of the richest girls in England and an ardent supporter of Captain Jack and the Union Jack shirts; Noel and Jasper are both in search of an heiress (so much easier than trying to work for the money); Poppy and Marj ...Show more