Nancy Mitford

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born

November 28, 1904 in London, The United Kingdom

died

June 30, 1973

gender

female

website

http://www.nancymitford.com/

genre

Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs

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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

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Books by Nancy Mitford

Average rating: 3.91 · 6,686 ratings · 903 reviews · 35 distinct works

	The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate 4.08 avg rating — 1,970 ratings — published 1979 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Love in a Cold Climate and Other Novels 3.94 avg rating — 1,230 ratings — published 1949	My rating:
	The Pursuit of Love 3.99 avg rating — 1,116 ratings — published 1945 — 23 editions	My rating:
	The Blessing 3.73 avg rating — 373 ratings — 12 editions	My rating:
	Don't Tell Alfred 3.56 avg rating — 384 ratings — published 1960 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Madame de Pompadour by Nancy Mitford, Amanda Foreman (Introduction) 3.81 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 1954 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Wigs on the Green 3.36 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 1934 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Love in a Cold Climate 3.88 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 1949 — 24 editions	My rating:
	The Sun King : Louis Fourteenth at Versailles 3.99 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 1966 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Pigeon Pie 3.56 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1940 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Nancy Mitford

“I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.”
― Nancy Mitford

tags: insightful

53 people liked it

“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

tags: feminism

42 people liked it

“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

tags: love , marriage

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Polls

Which book would you like to read for our March 15 - April 15 European Royalty group read?

The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C.W. Gortner

20 votes, 40.8%

The Queen's Dollmaker by Christine Trent

9 votes, 18.4%

Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Sena Jeter Naslund

8 votes, 16.3%

Madame de Pompadour by Nancy Mitford

6 votes, 12.2%

The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland

6 votes, 12.2%

49 total votes

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