Christmas Pudding and Pigeon Pie by Nancy Mitford

Christmas Pudding and Pigeon Pie by Nancy Mitford

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 converge on the hunt-obsessed Lady Bobbin's country house, including her rebellious daughter Philadelphia, the girl's pompous suitor, a couple of children obsessed with newspaper death notices, and an aspiring writer whose serious first novel has been acclaimed as the funniest book of the year, to his utter dismay. In Pigeon Pie, set at the outbreak of World War I, Lady Sophia Garfield dreams of becoming a beautiful spy but manages not to notice a nest of German agents right under her nose, until the murder of her maid and kidnapping of her beloved bulldog force them on her attention, with heroic results. Delivered with a touch lighter than that of Mitford's later masterpieces but no less entertaining, these comedies combine glamour, wit, and fiendishly absurd plots into irresistible literary confections.

Nancy Mitford, the eldest of the six legendary Mitford sisters and the daughter of Lord and Lady Redesdale, was born in 1904 and schooled at home on the family estate in Oxfordshire. She made her début in London and quickly rose to prominence as one of the era's bright new things, becoming close friends with Henry Green, Evelyn Waugh, John Betjeman, and their circle. She began writing for periodicals and novels while still in her twenties, a beauty and a wit. She published eight novels and biographies of Madame de Pompadour, Voltaire, Louis XIV, and Frederick the Great, in total. In 1973, she passed away. Visit www.nancymitford.com for more details.

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ISBN 13	9780345806628
ISBN 10	034580662X
Title	Christmas Pudding and Pigeon Pie
Author	Nancy Mitford
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2013-09-24
Number of pages	368
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