Hons and Rebels

Name: Hons and Rebels
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SKU: 9780575400047
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The Mitford Family Memoir

By Jessica Mitford

Series: W&N Essentials

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Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford is a captivating memoir that chronicles the author's unconventional upbringing in a famously eccentric aristocratic British family. Mitford's narrative is filled with wit and humour, recounting her experiences with her politically diverse and often controversial siblings. The book offers a unique perspective on the social and political changes of the 20th century as Mitford defies her aristocratic roots in search of adventure and independence.
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You might enjoy this engaging memoir if you're interested in the eccentricities of high society and family dynamics, as it provides a witty and insightful look into an aristocratic upbringing and a journey towards self-discovery. With its blend of humour and historical context, it appeals to readers curious about the dramatic lives of the Mitford family in the tumultuous 1930s.

Hons and Rebels

A memoir of the Mitfords - one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary families.

Reissued behind the hugely successful Decca with a great new cover look. 'More than an extremely amusing autobiography ... she has evoked a whole generation. Her book is full of the music of time' Sunday Times 'Wonderfully funny and very poignant' Philip Toynbee 'Stunning. Reads like an extravagantly mannered fiction, except that it is all fabulously true ... Miss Mitford is at once touching and wildly funny, and there is not one of highly coloured characters that is not violently alive and uncomfortably kicking' Siriol Hugh-Jones, Tatler

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First published in 1960, Jessica Mitford's autobiography, Hons and Rebels, is an account of the enclosed and eccentric childhood through which Nancy, Diana, Pam, Unity, Decca, and Debo lived. In writing of their upbringing between the wars, she also writes of her own commitment to communism and of her elopement to the Spanish Civil War with Esmond Romilly.

Jessica Mitford is the author of The American Way of Death and has recently published a biography of Grace Darling entitled Grace had an English Heart.

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Jessica Mitford's Hons and Rebels is celebrated for its amusing and poignant portrayal of family life and politics, evoking the atmosphere of the 1930s with vivid detail. The autobiography is noted for its lively characters and the author's remarkable awareness of her origins and journey. Critics laud the book for its humour, insightful reflections, and its ability to blend grand political themes with personal narratives, making it both a funny and moving read.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780575400047

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 June 1999

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Illustration: 4pp B&W

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 251g

Pages: 288

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Biography & Memoir Jessica Mitford Non-Fiction Political Biographies Series: W&N Essentials

About the Author

Jessica Mitford was the fifth of the six Mitford daughters and always the rebel among her sisters - Nancy, Pam, Diana, Unity and Debo. At the age of 19 she eloped to the Spanish Civil War with her cousin, Esmond Romilly and the two of them moved to the US in 1939. Esmond Romilly died in action in 1941 and Jessica later married Bob Treuhaft, a lawyer, with whom she lived in California. A one-time member of the American Communist Party, Jessica was a frequent target for the House Committee of Un-American Activities and was a passionate supporter of civil rights.

Previous titles:

The American Way of Death Revisited (Bfmt Dec 00);

Hons and Rebels;

Grace Had an English Heart;

Poison Penmanship;

Daughters and Rebels: An Autobiography;

The Making of a Muckraker;

A Fine Old Conflict

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