Take Six Girls by Laura Thompson
The contrasting lives of the Mitford sisters stylish, scandalous and tragic by turns hold up a mirror to upper-class life before and after the Second World War.
I was enthralled and charmed by this group biography of all six Mitford sisters, which tells the intertwined stories of their stylish scandalous lives in a fresh and admirably concise way – and with a striking contemporary sensibility too * Bookseller, Editors Choice *
Engaging.. Thompson's is an astute, highly readable and well assembled book, and she writes with particular intelligence about the sisters' self-mythologising and their ongoing hold on the public imagination' * The Observer *
Thompson is marvellous at mapping and explicating the webs or skeins of sibling rivalry [in this] gripping and appalling family saga * The Times *
The first book to consider "the whole six-pack" in the post-Mitford age. And what a remarkable story it is... Thompson retells the story with great style and illuminating detail' * The Independent *
Thompson has written this book with generosity and delicacy. It is amusing, poignant and perceptive as a portrait of the sisters' long lives and changing times, and of their own apparent inability to change with them * Book Oxygen *
A breezy vigorous argument for the sisters' powerful, unrepeatable significance... Thompson combines a subtle understanding of history with enjoyably crisp, tart insights: this is an excellent place either to begin with the Mitfords or proceed with them' * Mail on Sunday *
I was captivated by this group biography, which tells the story of the Mitfords' sensational lives in a fresh and concise way * Sunday Express *
A wonderful telling of an extraordinary family living in extraordinary times * Yorkshire Gazette & Herald *
This is a careful, realistic assessment of their virtues, follies and charm * Daily Mail. *
Not the first-ever book about the Mitford sisters - but it might well be the best of the lot' * Reader's Digest. *
Thompson's wonderfully readable biography emphasises their sheer extraordinariness and celebrates them * The Mail on Sunday *
This book builds rich individual portraits, especially of the unfathomable Diana * TLS *
Gives a great insight into the relationship between the sisters as their lives unfold * Irish Independent *
It's brilliant on the most fascinating and least explored sister, Diana... A wonderful book' * Mail on Sunday *
Engaging.. Thompson's is an astute, highly readable and well assembled book, and she writes with particular intelligence about the sisters' self-mythologising and their ongoing hold on the public imagination' * The Observer *
Thompson is marvellous at mapping and explicating the webs or skeins of sibling rivalry [in this] gripping and appalling family saga * The Times *
The first book to consider "the whole six-pack" in the post-Mitford age. And what a remarkable story it is... Thompson retells the story with great style and illuminating detail' * The Independent *
Thompson has written this book with generosity and delicacy. It is amusing, poignant and perceptive as a portrait of the sisters' long lives and changing times, and of their own apparent inability to change with them * Book Oxygen *
A breezy vigorous argument for the sisters' powerful, unrepeatable significance... Thompson combines a subtle understanding of history with enjoyably crisp, tart insights: this is an excellent place either to begin with the Mitfords or proceed with them' * Mail on Sunday *
I was captivated by this group biography, which tells the story of the Mitfords' sensational lives in a fresh and concise way * Sunday Express *
A wonderful telling of an extraordinary family living in extraordinary times * Yorkshire Gazette & Herald *
This is a careful, realistic assessment of their virtues, follies and charm * Daily Mail. *
Not the first-ever book about the Mitford sisters - but it might well be the best of the lot' * Reader's Digest. *
Thompson's wonderfully readable biography emphasises their sheer extraordinariness and celebrates them * The Mail on Sunday *
This book builds rich individual portraits, especially of the unfathomable Diana * TLS *
Gives a great insight into the relationship between the sisters as their lives unfold * Irish Independent *
It's brilliant on the most fascinating and least explored sister, Diana... A wonderful book' * Mail on Sunday *
Laura Thompson is the award-winning author of Life in a Cold Climate: A Biography of Nancy Mitford; Agatha Christie: An English Mystery (2007) and A Different Class of Murder: the Story of Lord Lucan (2014).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784970895 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784970891 |
| Title | Take Six Girls |
| Author | Laura Thompson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2016-08-11 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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