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'Whenever I read the words "Peer's Daughter" in a headline,' Lady Redesdale once sadly remarked, 'I know it's going to be something about one of you children.' The Mitford family is one of the century's most enigmatic, made notorious by Nancy's novels, Diana's marriage to Sir Oswald Mosley, Unity's infatuation with Hitler, Debo's marriage to a duke and Jessica's passionate commitment to communism. Hons and Rebels is an enchanting and deeply absorbing memoir of an isolated and eccentric upbringing which conceals beneath its witty, light-hearted surface much wisdom and depth of feeling.
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Jessica Mitford was the fifth of six Mitford sisters--Nancy, Pam, Diana, Unity, and Debo-- and always the rebel among them. One of the most enigmatic families of the 26th century, the Mitfords were made notorious by Nancy's brilliant novels, Diana's marriage to Sir Oswald Mosley, Unity's infatuation with Hitler, Debo's marriage to a duke, and Jessica's passionate commitment to communism. "Hons and Rebels" is an enchanting and deeply absorbing memoir of an isolated and eccentric upbringing, which conceals much wisdom and depth of feeling beneath its witty, light-hearted surface.
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Jessica Mitford was the fifth of the six Mitford daughters and always the rebel among her sisters - Nancy, Pam, Diana, Unity and Debo. At the age of nineteen she eloped to the Spanish Civil War with her cousin, Esmond Romilly, and the two of them moved to the USA in 1939. Esmond Romilly died in action in 1941 and Jessica later married Bob Treuhaft, a lawyer, with whom she lived in California. A one-time member of the American Communist Party, Jessica was a frequent target for the House Committee of Un-American Activities and was a passionate supporter of civil rights.
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- PublisherVictor Gollancz LTD
- Publication date1960
- ISBN 10 0575010967
- ISBN 13 9780575010963
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages222
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London : Gollancz, 1977
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 227p.,[4]p. of plates : ports. ; 20cm. Subjects: Mitford, Jessica 1917-. Communists United States Biography. Mitford family. Communists United States ; Biography. Genre: Biography. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 360352
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Hons and rebels
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London : Gollancz, 1977
ISBN 10: 0575010967
ISBN 13: 9780575010963
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First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 227p.,[4]p. of plates : ports. ; 20cm. Subjects: Mitford, Jessica 1917-. Communists United States Biography. Mitford family. Communists United States ; Biography. Genre: Biography. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 360352
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