Born into one of the aristocracy's more eccentric families and educated at home with a clutch of siblings, Mitford used childhood experience, lightly fictionalised, in her comic novels. She also wrote biographies, translated from the French and edited a celebrated symposium on English Aristocrats.
Utter, utter bliss—Daily Mail
A dazzling comic delight—Fiona Wilson, The Times, Saturday
Review
The story's genius lies in its wicked humour, which remains
relentlessly uplifting even as the Blitz begin to smash all the
hopes of that pre-war arcadia—Olivia Laing, The Guardian
Too spiky and intelligent, I think, to qualify as an altogether
cosy read [...] beneath the brittle surface of Mitford's wit there
is something infinitely more melancholy at work - something that is
apt to snag you and pull you into its dark undertow when you are
least expecting it—Zoë Heller, The Telegraph
Nancy Mitford taught the wonderful truth that laughter can see you
through the darkest hours of your life—Daily Mail
The Millennial faint-hearted will be appalled by Mitford's
depiction of class and gender. But Mitford's triumph is that, as
the Radletts live and laugh and cry, we [cry] with them—Julie
Parsons, The Irish Times
In her novels Nancy mastered her life, making everyone who was
different or difficult into figures of mirth, moving only among the
aristocracy, and infusing the world with a spirit of lazy,
delightful romance—Natasha Walter, The Independent
Utter, utter bliss—Daily Mail
A dazzling comic delight.
—Fiona Wilson, The Times, Saturday Review
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