The contrasting lives of the Mitford sisters - stylish, scandalous and tragic by turns - hold up a mirror to upper-class life before and after the Second World War.
Laura Thompson is the award-winning author of Life in a Cold Climate: A Biography of Nancy Mitford; Agatha Christie: An English Mystery (2007) and A Different Class of Murder: the Story of Lord Lucan (2014).
'I was enthralled and charmed by this group biography of all six
Mitford sisters, which tells the intertwined stories of their
stylish scandalous lives in a fresh and admirably concise way - and
with a striking contemporary sensibility too' Bookseller,
Editor's Choice.
'Engaging ... Thompson's is an astute, highly readable and well
assembled book, and she writes with particular intelligence about
the sisters' self-mythologising and their ongoing hold on the
public imagination' The Observer.
'Thompson is marvellous at mapping and explicating the webs or
skeins of sibling rivalry [in this] gripping and appalling family
saga' The Times.
'The first book to consider "the whole six-pack" in the
post-Mitford age. And what a remarkable story it is ... Thompson
retells the story with great style and illuminating detail' The
Independent.
'Thompson has written this book with generosity and delicacy. It is
amusing, poignant and perceptive as a portrait of the sisters' long
lives and changing times, and of their own apparent inability to
change with them' Book Oxygen.
'A breezy vigorous argument for the sisters' powerful, unrepeatable
significance ... Thompson combines a subtle understanding of
history with enjoyably crisp, tart insights: this is an excellent
place either to begin with the Mitfords or proceed with them'
Mail on Sunday.
'I was captivated by this group biography, which tells the story of
the Mitfords' sensational lives in a fresh and concise way'
Sunday Express.
'A wonderful telling of an extraordinary family living in
extraordinary times' Yorkshire Gazette & Herald.
'This is a careful, realistic assessment of their virtues, follies
and charm' Daily Mail.
'Not the first-ever book about the Mitford sisters - but it might
well be the best of the lot' Reader's Digest.
'Thompson's wonderfully readable biography emphasises their sheer
extraordinariness and celebrates them' The Mail on
Sunday.
'This book builds rich individual portraits, especially of the
unfathomable Diana' TLS.
'Gives a great insight into the relationship between the sisters as
their lives unfold' Irish Independent.
'It's brilliant on the most fascinating and least explored sister,
Diana ... A wonderful book' Mail on Sunday.
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