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Há 1 dia · se to plant for him, which has thrived so beautifully that I put up an image of the rose next to Louis. And I mentioned that I had dedicated The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters to him: the inscription was in fact ‘To Louis, the well-beloved’, thus also an allusion to Louis XV, about whom Nancy had written in her biography of Madame de Pompadour (one of her slightly pompous friends ...
Há 5 dias · Unbeknownst to Benedict, the masked dancer and this young maid are one and the same. Sophie is terrified to reveal the truth; meanwhile, Benedict must decide if he should continue his hunt for the ...
Há 5 dias · CARTERTON, MINSTER LOVELL, AND ENVIRONS. THE EIGHT predominantly rural parishes covered in this volume (fn. 1) lie in west Oxfordshire between the market towns of Burford and Witney. Southwards they border on the upper Thames valley; northwards they extend to the Windrush valley and to the southern fringes of the former Wychwood Forest, cleared ...
Há 4 dias · The Rise and Fall of Elite Eats. Starting in the 16th century, the British empire‘s colonization of much of the globe began to radically reshape the foods available to both rich and poor. Exotic new ingredients like sugar, spices, coffee, tea, and chocolate flooded the market, but their high cost initially restricted them to the nobility.
Há 4 dias · Stars In Their Homes: dancer discusses £1m renovation of Nancy Mitford’s old home. 'It's a south-facing garden at the front of the house. I'd never get the price back for what I've put into it ...
Há 4 dias · But I do want to tell them how much I love their work. So, P. G. Wodehouse, Jane Austen, Edith Wharton, Somerset Maugham, Elizabeth Taylor, Andrea Newman, Nancy Mitford, Damon Runyon, Bill Bryson, Madeleine Wickham, P. J. O’Rourke – I could go on and on and on, and you can take that as my answer to (some of) my favourite authors.
Há 5 dias · Henry Sharington, Esq. who was steward to the Bishop of Ely, for his hundred of Mitford, was lord of Swathing's in the 12th of Henry VI. and presented to this church in 1435, and 1439; and Elizabeth his widow in 1452, and his son and heir Thomas in 1477, and 1487, who died about the 12th of Henry VII. and was succeeded by his son, Thomas ...
