Nancy Mitford

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Nancy Mitford

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in London, The United Kingdom
November 28, 1904

died
June 30, 1973

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Nancy Mitford, CBE (28 November 1904, London – 30 June 1973, Versailles), styled The Hon. Nancy Mitford before her marriage and The Hon. Mrs Peter Rodd thereafter, was an English novelist and biographer, one of the Bright Young People on the London social scene in the inter-war years. She was born at 1 Graham Street (now Graham Place) in Belgravia, London, the eldest daughter of Lord Redesdale and was brought up at Asthall Manor in Oxfordshire. She was the eldest of the six controversial Mitford sisters.

She is best remembered for her series of novels about upper-class life in England and France, particularly the four published after 1945; but she also wrote four well-received, well-researched popular biographies (of Louis XIV, Madame de Pom...more


Average rating: 3.91 · 11,016 ratings · 1,250 reviews · 36 distinct works · Similar authors
The Pursuit of Love & Love ...
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 2,770 ratings — published 1974 — 8 editions
The Pursuit of Love
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 2,163 ratings — published 1945 — 25 editions
Love in a Cold Climate and ...
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 1,455 ratings — published 1949
Love in a Cold Climate
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 975 ratings — published 1949 — 27 editions
The Blessing
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 618 ratings — published 1951 — 15 editions
Don't Tell Alfred
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 641 ratings — published 1960 — 13 editions
Madame de Pompadour
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 515 ratings — published 1954 — 12 editions
The Sun King : Louis Fourte...
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 1966 — 14 editions
Wigs on the Green
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 333 ratings — published 1934 — 8 editions
Pigeon Pie
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 1940 — 7 editions
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“I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.”
Nancy Mitford

“I think housework is far more tiring and frightening than hunting is, no comparison, and yet after hunting we had eggs for tea and were made to rest for hours, but after housework people expect one to go on just as if nothing special had happened.”
Nancy Mitford

“If I had a girl I should say to her, 'Marry for love if you can, it won't last, but it is a very interesting experience and makes a good beginning in life. Later on, when you marry for money, for heaven's sake let it be big money. There are no other possible reasons for marrying at all.”
Nancy Mitford, Christmas Pudding

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