Life in a cold climate : Nancy Mitford : the biography / Laura Thompson.
Nancy Mitford was, in the words of her sister Lady Diana Mosley, "very complex." Her highly autobiographical early work, the biographies and novels of her more mature French period, her journalism, and the vast body of letters to her family, to friends such as Evelyn Waugh, and to the great love of her life, Gaston Palewski, all tell an intriguing story. Drawing from these, as well as conversations with Mitford's two surviving sisters, acquaintances, and colleagues, prizewinning author Laura Thompson has fashioned a portrait of a contradictory and courageous woman. Approaching her subject with wit, perspicacity, and huge affection, Thompson makes her serious points lightly, eschewing clichés about the eccentricities of the Mitford clan. Life in a Cold Climate is full of the sound of Mitfordian laughter; but also tells the often paradoxical and complex story beneath the smiling and ever-elegant façade.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781643133034
- ISBN: 1643133039
- Physical Description: 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Pegasus Books, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-403) and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Mitford, Nancy, 1904-1973. Women novelists, English > 20th century > Biography. Novelists, English > 20th century > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 7 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Library | BIO MIT (Text) | 37810435762231 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | B MITFORD (Text) | 31781065735530 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | B MITFORD (Text) | 0020512507490 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | MITFORD (Text) | 33258009854899 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Lenoir Library | B MITFORD Nancy Th (Text) | 50669012440187 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Statesville Main Library | B MITFORD THO (Text) | 33114018272658 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Swannanoa Library | B MITFORD (Text) | 0020512523646 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
