A Life of Contrasts
eBook - ePub

A Life of Contrasts

The Autobiography

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Life of Contrasts

The Autobiography

About this book

'Beautifully written.' Valerie Grove, The Times 'Martini-dry wit.' Irish Times 'Often pure Wodehouse.' Financial Times 'Uncompromising.' A.N. Wilson, Sunday Telegraph 'It has all her charm.' Laura Thompson, A Good Read, BBC Radio 4 'Brilliant.' Evening Standard 'A Life of Contrasts is a candid, page-turning memoir, written by a woman who will—without any doubt—be viewed by history as one of the most fascinating personalities of the Twentieth Century.' Mary S. Lovell 'Lady Mosley writes extremely well… Her book reads like brilliant talk; her characters live and die in a single phrase… An autobiography of real distinction.' Jonathan Raban, Sunday Times 'I envy any reader coming for the first time to A Life of Contrasts, Diana Mosley's account of her own eventful past, for he has a rare treat in front of him.' Selina Hastings 'Sharp, amusing and well-written' Hugh Thomas, New Statesman 'Wholly if grittily, a Mitford book… the reader will be flung between delight and dismay as he reads on… To all those not averse to a little powdered glass in their Bombe Surprise: enjoy.' The Times 'Other members of the Mitford family do not have the monopoly of brilliant and amusing writing.' The Tatler 'She emerges among all else as feminine…' Mary Warnock, The Listener 'Animated and revealing.' Hibernia 'Witty and amusing.' Catholic Herald 'She was clearly a star.' Anne de Courcy in The Viceroy's DaughtersThe hilarious autobiography of the most glamorous of the Bright Young Things. Diana Mitford describes in the inimitable Mitford way how it came about that both Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler adored her, and Evelyn Waugh and Oswald Mosley fell in love with her.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Title Page
  4. CONTENTS
  5. FOREWORD
  6. 1: GRANDFATHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS
  7. 2: ā€˜ā€¦ SHE CAN’T LIVE LONG’
  8. 3: BATSFORD
  9. 4: ASTHALL
  10. 5: PARIS
  11. 6: SWINBROOK
  12. 7: BAILIFFSCOURT
  13. 8: BUCKINGHAM STREET
  14. 9: CHEYNE WALK
  15. 10: MOSLEY
  16. 11: MUNICH AND ROME
  17. 12: HITLER
  18. 13: ACCIDENT
  19. 14: WOOTTON
  20. 15: BERLIN
  21. 16: WAR
  22. 17: PRISON
  23. 18: CRUXEASTON
  24. 19: CROWOOD
  25. 20: ALIANORA
  26. 21: LE TEMPLE DE LA GLOIRE
  27. 22: CLONFERT
  28. 23: VENICE AND PARIS
  29. 24: INCH KENNETH AND LONDON
  30. 25: THE WINDSORS
  31. 26: THE ANTAGONISTS
  32. 27: THE VALE OF TEARS
  33. 28: LAUGHTER AND THE LOVE OF FRIENDS
  34. 29: SORROWS
  35. 30: A FEW WEEKS IN ENGLAND
  36. 31: FLASHBACK
  37. 32: FRIENDS
  38. 33: EXTREME OLD AGE
  39. NOTES
  40. About the Author
  41. Copyright