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The pursuit of love in a cold climate5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() The Mitford sisters came of age during the Roaring Twenties and wartime in London, and were well known for their beauty, upper-class bohemianism or political allegiances. Her sisters included Lady Diana Mosley Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire and Jessica, who immortalised the Mitford family in her autobiography Hons and Rebels. Nancy Mitford was born in London on November 28 1904, daughter of the second Baron Redesdale, and the eldest of six girls. Love in a Cold Climate is the wickedly funny follow-up to The Pursuit of Love and explores the mystery of sexual attraction. But the consequences of this union no one could quite expect. Groomed for the perfect marriage by her mother, fearsome Lady Montdore, Polly instead scandalizes society by declaring her love for her uncle 'Boy' Dougdale, the Lecherous Lecturer, and promptly eloping to France. ![]() Even fabulously fashionable Polly Hampton - with her startling good looks and excellent social connections - is beginning to wilt under the glare. Aren't you thankful evening skirts are long again?'Īh, the dresses! But oh, the monotony of the Season, with its endless run of glittering balls. 'Mine's silver lamé, it smells like a bird cage when it gets hot but I do love it. I call that a dream, so soft and delicious, too.' She rubbed a fold of the skirt against her cheek. Reissued on the 70th anniversary of the first publication of The Pursuit of Love by Hamish Hamilton ![]()
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