The Resource The six : the lives of the Mitford sisters, Laura Thompson
The six : the lives of the Mitford sisters, Laura Thompson
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The item The six : the lives of the Mitford sisters, Laura Thompson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Thunder Bay Public Library.
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- Summary
- The 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. They were the Mitford sisters: Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, and Deborah. Born into country-house privilege in the early years of the 20th 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. The 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 WWII
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 388 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Previously published: Take Six Girls. London : Head of Zeus, 2015
- Isbn
- 9781250099532
- Label
- The six : the lives of the Mitford sisters
- Title
- The six
- Title remainder
- the lives of the Mitford sisters
- Statement of responsibility
- Laura Thompson
- Title variation
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- Lives of the Mitford sisters
- Take six sisters
- Subject
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- Devonshire, Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford Cavendish, Duchess of, 1920-2014
- Great Britain -- Biography
- Mitford family
- Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996
- Mitford, Nancy, 1904-1973
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- Mitford, Unity, 1914-1948
- Mosley, Diana, 1910-2003
- Sisters -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Women authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- Mitford, Pamela, 1907-1994
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The 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. They were the Mitford sisters: Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, and Deborah. Born into country-house privilege in the early years of the 20th 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. The 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 WWII
- Biography type
- collective biography
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1964-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thompson, Laura
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mitford, Nancy
- Mitford, Pamela
- Mosley, Diana
- Mitford, Unity
- Mitford, Jessica
- Devonshire, Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford Cavendish
- Mitford family
- Women authors, English
- Authors, English
- Sisters
- Great Britain
- Label
- The six : the lives of the Mitford sisters, Laura Thompson
- Note
- Previously published: Take Six Girls. London : Head of Zeus, 2015
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-370) and index
- Control code
- 19104888
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 388 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250099532
- Lccn
- 2016024061
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- The six : the lives of the Mitford sisters, Laura Thompson
- Note
- Previously published: Take Six Girls. London : Head of Zeus, 2015
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-370) and index
- Control code
- 19104888
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 388 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250099532
- Lccn
- 2016024061
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Devonshire, Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford Cavendish, Duchess of, 1920-2014
- Great Britain -- Biography
- Mitford family
- Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996
- Mitford, Nancy, 1904-1973
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- Mitford, Unity, 1914-1948
- Mosley, Diana, 1910-2003
- Sisters -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Women authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- Mitford, Pamela, 1907-1994
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