Nancy Mitford: 17 books

Book cover of Trifulca a la vista
by Nancy Mitford, Charlotte Mosley
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 1, 2011

Publicada en 1935 en pleno ascenso del fascismo en Europa, Trifulca a la vista satiriza a los devotos seguidores del fascismo británico. La mimada Eugenia Malmains, una de las muchachas más ricas de Inglaterra, es una fiel seguidora del capitán Jack y sus camisas tricolores; el cosmopolita Noel...
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Nancy Mitford

The Biography Edited from Nancy Mitford's Letters

by Nancy Mitford
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012

The writer and poet Harold Acton was - like Nancy Mitford herself - one of the Bright Young Things, and a life-long friend with whom she stayed in touch. From the letters and materials she had been gathering for her autobiography, Acton draws an irresistibly sparkling portrait of the author of Love...
Book cover of No se lo digas a Alfred
by Nancy Mitford
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 1, 2013

Cuando Alfred es nombrado embajador en París, su mujer, Fanny, se convertirá en la encargada de manejar los asuntos cotidianos de la embajada. De repente se verá alternando con la aristocracia y lo más granado de la sociedad parisina, dando cócteles y cenas, y contemplando asombrada como cada...
Book cover of Voltaire in Love
by Nancy Mitford
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012

The inimitable Nancy Mitford’s account of Voltaire’s fifteen-year relationship with the Marquise du Châtelet—the renowned mathematician who introduced Isaac Newton’s revolutionary new physics to France—is a spirited romp in the company of two extraordinary individuals as well as an erudite...
Book cover of Highland Fling
by Nancy Mitford
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013

In Highland Fling—Nancy Mitford’s first novel, published in 1931—a set of completely incompatible and hilariously eccentric characters collide in a Scottish castle, where bright young things play pranks on their stodgy elders until the frothy plot climaxes in ghost sightings and a dramatic fire. Inspired...
Book cover of Amor en clima frío
by Nancy Mitford
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 1, 2013

Nancy Mitford recupera en Amor en clima frío personajes y situaciones de su anterior novela, A la caza del amor. La acción se traslada en este caso a la espléndida mansión de los Hampton, hogar de Lord y Lady Montdore. Lady Montdore, brillante figura de la aristocracia de su época, está empeñada...
Book cover of La bendición
by Nancy Mitford
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 30, 2012

Cuando Grace y su hijo Sigi consiguen por fin, tras la separación provocada por la guerra, reunirse con su ilustre marido, Charles-Edouard, e instalarse en Francia, no sólo Nanny tiene dificultades para adaptarse a las costumbres del nuevo país. Grace pierde pie ante las elegantísimas mujeres...
Book cover of The Sun King
by Nancy Mitford
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012

The Sun King is a dazzling double portrait of Louis XIV and Versailles, the opulent court from which he ruled. With characteristic élan, Nancy Mitford reconstructs the daily life of king and courtiers during France’s golden age, offering vivid sketches of the architects, artists, and gardeners...
Book cover of Christmas Pudding and Pigeon Pie
by Nancy Mitford
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013

Christmas Pudding and Pigeon Pie are two sparkling comedies from early in the career of Nancy Mitford, beloved author of The Pursuit of Love and *Love in a Cold Climate, *here published in one volume with a new introduction by Jane Smiley.   In Christmas Pudding, an array of colorful characters...
Book cover of Madame de Pompadour
by Nancy Mitford
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012

When Madame de Pompadour became the mistress of Louis XV, no one expected her to retain his affections for long. A member of the bourgeoisie rather than an aristocrat, she was physically too cold for the carnal Bourbon king, and had so many enemies that she could not travel publicly without risking...
Book cover of The Blessing
by Nancy Mitford
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010

The Blessing is one of Nancy Mitford’s most personal books, a wickedly funny story that asks whether love can survive the clash of cultures. When Grace Allingham, a naïve young Englishwoman, goes to live in France with her dashingly aristocratic husband Charles-Edouard, she finds herself...
Book cover of Don't Tell Alfred
by Nancy Mitford
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010

  In this delightful comedy, Fanny—the quietly observant narrator of Nancy Mitford’s two most famous novels—finally takes center stage. Fanny Wincham—last seen as a young woman in The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate—has lived contentedly for years as housewife to an absent-minded...
Book cover of Wigs on the Green
by Nancy Mitford
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010

Nancy Mitford’s most controversial novel, unavailable for decades, is a hilarious satirical send-up of the political enthusiasms of her notorious sisters, Unity and Diana. Written in 1934, early in Hitler’s rise, Wigs on the Green lightheartedly skewers the devoted followers of British...
Book cover of A la caza del amor
by Nancy Mitford, José Carlos Llop
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 12, 2005

En A la caza del amor, su novela de mayor éxito, Nancy Mitford utiliza elementos reales de su extravagante y famosa familia para construir el relato. La acción se abre en el salón de Alconleigh, la casa de campo de los Radlett. Ante nuestros ojos van desfilando los distintos miembros de la familia:...
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