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The enthralling letters by the most idiosyncratic, witty and irrepressible sisters of one of the most notorious families of the 20th century: Decca (Jessica) Mitford. Over her 78 years, Decca's letters are the most tangible tracks left of a remarkable life - from her childhood as the daughter of a British peer (Lord Redesdale) to her scandalous ...
She was a celebrated wit, a charmer, and throughout her life a prolific and passionate writer of letters - now gathered here." "Decca's correspondence crackles with irreverent humor and mischief, and with acute insight into human behavior (and misbehavior) that attests to her generous experience of the worlds of politics, the arts, journalism, publishing, and high and low society.
"Decca" Mitford lived a larger-than-life life: born into the British aristocracy--one of the famous (and sometimes infamous) Mitford sisters--she ran away to Spain during the Spanish Civil War with her cousin Esmond Romilly, Winston Churchill's nephew, then came to America, became a tireless political activist and a member of the Communist Party, and embarked on a brilliant career as a ...
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Jessica, known in the family as Decca, was the fifth daughter of Lord and Lady Redesdale and one of the Mitford sisters whose lives have become the stuff of legend.From an early age she rebelled against her life of privilege and at a young age eloped with her cousin Esmond Romilly to join the republican faction then fighting in the Spanish Civil War.The couple eventually moved to America where ...
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