The never-before published letters of the legendary Mitford sisters, alive with wit, affection, tragedy and gossip: a charismatic history of the century's signal events played out in the lives of a controversial and uniquely gifted family.

/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.

A revealing - amusing and sad - biography of a unique family

The classic memoir of one of the century's most extraordinary families.

Captures the foibles and fancies of the English upper class. Set in the privileged world of the county house party and the London season, this is a comedy of English manners.

Contains Nancy Mitford's humorous letters to her family and friends. Mitford never wrote an autobiography, but this collection of letters provides a portrayal of her life and the times in which she lived.

Fanny is married to bumbling, absent-minded Oxford don, Alfred. Fanny's life changes overnight when Alfred is appointed English Ambassador to Paris. Suddenly she is mixing with royalty and Rothschilds, hosting cocktail parties and having details of her every move and outfit printed in the papers. All she needs now is a diplomatic crisis.

The classic story of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary families - an extensively updated new edition.

Nancy Mitford was witty, intelligent, often acerbic, a great tease and an acute observer of upper-class British idiosyncrasies. Her devastating illness prevented her from writing her memoir, but in 1974 Harold Acton, her close friend, completed her project based on material she had collected.

Born in 1910, Diana was the most beautiful and the cleverest of the six Mitford sisters. She was eighteen when she married Bryan Guinness, of the brewing dynasty, by whom she had two sons. After four years, she left him for the fascist leader, Oswald Mosley - a course of action that horrified her family. This title offers her portrait.

Bubbling with gaiety and humour, these letters will delight Leigh Fermor and Mitford fans alike

Chatsworth is one of England's ten most visited great houses. In this tour of the house, the Duchess takes the reader into the private as well as the public rooms, and goes behind the scenes to explain the management of the household and the work of the staff needed to keep it going.

This completely revised edition of the 1968 edition provides a comprehensive collection of Nancy Mitford's entire career. It aims to establish her as one of the first female journalists with a superb command of stylish invective whose anarchic streak has made her writings pass the test of time.

Recipes from Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire for the dishes that she loves.

Drawing on Mitford's highly autobiographical early novels - as well as the biographies and novels of her more mature French period, her journalism and the vast body of letters to her sisters, lovers and friends such as Evelyn Waugh and Cyril Connolly - Thompson has put together a portrait of a courageous and contradictory woman: a woman.

The almost legendary palace of Chatsworth has been presided over by the same family for more than 450 years. Here, Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire tells the story of the estate that surrounds it. Many within a couple of miles of the house were inspired by the imagination of one of the dukes. It is these that the Duchess describes.

The life and times of the late Duke of Devonshire in his own words.

Nancy Mitford was witty, intelligent, often acerbic, and an acute observer of upper-class English idiosyncrasies. This book captures equally the gaiety and frivolity and the unhappy truth of Nancy Mitford's life: her failed marriage and her relationship with 'the Colonel' contrasting sharply with literary celebrity and glittering social success.

A study of Diana Mosley, a member of the Mitford family, and wife of the most hated British politician of the 20th century. Diana Mosley risked her life of wealth and social position to follow fascism and its British leader Sir Oswald Mosely. A friend of Hitler and Goebbels, Diana Mosely was interred in Holloway in 1940.