The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family
by Mary S. Lovell
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393010430
- ISBN 13
- 9780393010435
- Seller
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York & London: W. W. Norton, 2002. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated) / third printing. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Spine tail bumped, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 611 pages. A powerful portrait of the humorous, eccentric, beautiful, and brilliant women known as the Mitfords who were shattered by the violent conflict of ideologies of Europe between the wars. Jessica, a Communist; Debo, the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy, a best-selling novelist; Diana, who was the most hated woman in England; and Unity, who was obsessed with Adolf Hitler.
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- Bookseller
- Books of the World (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000003352
- Title
- The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family
- Author
- Mary S. Lovell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393010430
- ISBN 13
- 9780393010435
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- biography, history, Mitford, Mitfords, Mitford sisters fam, Nancy, Jessica, Deborah, Diana, Unity, England, Britain, Great Britain, United Kingdom, UK
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Biographies; Britain; Feminism, Women's Studies, and Gender Issues;
- Size
- 8vo
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