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by Jonathan Guinness (Author) "The story of the seven Mitfords begins in the 1890s with the acquaintanceship, and rather short-lived political collaboration, of two remarkable men: Algernon Bertram Mitford..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 624 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix; New Ed edition (4 Nov 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0753818035
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753818039
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 4.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 138,912 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'This entertaining book continues to promote the Mitfords' historical interest'


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'Bigger, better and back on the shelves. Lord Moyne's lively account of the swishest society sextet has been updated. It's an oldie but it's a goodie'. (Camilla Long Tatler )

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4.0 out of 5 stars A lot of inside information!, 6 Mar 2002
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This review is from: The House of Mitford (Paperback)
Jonathan Guinness is Diana Mosley (neé Mitford)'s son, so he had access to all the inside information on the much written about Mitford girls. I found much more info in this book than in the Nancy Mitford biographies by Harold Acton or Selina Hastings, although I must say I enjoyed the latter very much. The girls' grandparents turn out to be very interesting people (especially the grandfathers). You get a deeper insight of a number of the members of the family (Farve and Muv, for example). The history of Unity M. in Germany seemed a bit long, and I got the impression Mr. Guinness tries too hard to explain Mr. and Mrs. Mosley's fascism. In all, I found this book very entertaining, and I recommend it to all Mitford fans.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars An apologia, 30 Dec 2007
By Mr. C. E. Moreton (Poole UK) - See all my reviews
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The book is an interesting attempt to widen out interest in the family from just the famous sisters. It spends rather too long on the grandfathers trying to find eccentricities to explain the characters of the girls.
More importantly, as one other review suggests, it is heavily biased towards justifying the Fascist sympathies of several of the girls, their brother and their mother. In fairness there is no attempt to conceal this, and the fact that it is written by family members makes the sympathy understandable and recognisable.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars The House of Mitford, 15 Jan 2007
By Reader (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
I was rather disappointed in this promisingly hefty looking tome, as I had anticipated facts, substantiated by research, and objective information about the eccentric Mitfords - in fact, what one would expect from any usual work of non-fiction. Instead, it seems to be populated by reminiscences, impressions and not terribly interesting personal observations. Pervading throughout was a whiff of apologia, justification and vindication of the Mitfords' more controversial views. I think it would be difficult to write a pedestrian biography of the Mitfords, but this succeeds marvelously, to the point that I had to put it down, unfinished, as it simply did not grab.
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