The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters

The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters is a 2007 book of selected letters between the Mitford sisters. It contains letters exchanged between Nancy Mitford, Pamela Mitford, Diana Mitford, Unity Mitford, Jessica Mitford and Deborah Mitford between 1925 and 2003. The book was edited by Diana Mitford's daughter-in-law, Charlotte Mosley. An estimated five percent of letters between the six sisters were included in the 834-page publication. The book was published by HarperCollins.

The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters
First edition
AuthorCharlotte Mosley (editor)
Deborah Mitford
Diana Mitford
Jessica Mitford
Nancy Mitford
Unity Mitford
Pamela Mitford
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreAnthology
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
2007
Media typeHardback and paperback
Pages834
ISBN0-06-137364-8
OCLC148887247

Reception

The book was well received both critically and commercially. In particular previously held perceptions were challenged. India Knight wrote in the Sunday Times; "we didn’t really know them especially well, it turns out. Jessica was not that good; Diana briefly sinister but also clever, kind, fatally loyal to her Blackshirt husband, Oswald Mosley, and so on."[1] The book was serialized by The Washington Post.[2]

Format

The book is divided into nine chapters according to a specific time period. Each chapter is contextualized by the editor.

  • Chapter 1 (1925–1933)
  • Chapter 2 (1933–1939)
  • Chapter 3 (1939–1945)
  • Chapter 4 (1945–1949)
  • Chapter 5 (1950–1959)
  • Chapter 6 (1960–1966)
  • Chapter 7 (1967–1973)
  • Chapter 8 (1974–1994)
  • Chapter 9 (1995–2003)
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See also

References
  1. Knight, India (2 September 2007). "REVIEW: The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  2. "The Mitfords Letters Between Six Sisters". The Washington Post. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
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