The Fidelity of the Mitford Sisters
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The Fidelity of the Mitford Sisters
14.99 €
The 1930s. The world is engulfed in political chaos, Britain is in the grip of a terrible economic crisis, and the eccentric Mitford sisters, heiresses to an influential but impoverished aristocratic family, find themselves at the epicenter of yet another scandal.
The proud and beautiful Diana marries a lord, but the echoes of strict Victorian morality can't keep her in the role of dutiful wife for long: she falls in love with Sir Oswald Mosley and the political movement he promotes—fascism. The ideological leanings of the unruly Unity also cause concern in her household: she openly admires Hitler, regularly visits Germany, and maintains ties with high-ranking Nazis. Meanwhile, the rebellious Jessica joins the Communists and, along with Churchill's nephew, goes to fight in the Spanish Civil War. When Nancy, the eldest sister and a talented writer close to Evelyn Waugh, witnesses dangerous conversations and discovers incriminating documents on the eve of World War II, she faces a difficult choice: remain loyal to her family or her convictions.
Marie Benedict, the author of numerous bestsellers translated into three dozen languages, has written a novel about women without whom the history of not just a country, but an entire continent, is unthinkable.
The proud and beautiful Diana marries a lord, but the echoes of strict Victorian morality can't keep her in the role of dutiful wife for long: she falls in love with Sir Oswald Mosley and the political movement he promotes—fascism. The ideological leanings of the unruly Unity also cause concern in her household: she openly admires Hitler, regularly visits Germany, and maintains ties with high-ranking Nazis. Meanwhile, the rebellious Jessica joins the Communists and, along with Churchill's nephew, goes to fight in the Spanish Civil War. When Nancy, the eldest sister and a talented writer close to Evelyn Waugh, witnesses dangerous conversations and discovers incriminating documents on the eve of World War II, she faces a difficult choice: remain loyal to her family or her convictions.
Marie Benedict, the author of numerous bestsellers translated into three dozen languages, has written a novel about women without whom the history of not just a country, but an entire continent, is unthinkable.
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