Folio Society Published Works Number 1856
Mitford, Jessica - Hons and Rebels
We buy and sell items like these, so please contact us if you have similar items for sale, and we will make you an offer if we are interested.
To check if we have this item, or similar items, in stock, please click the Check Stock link below. Alternatively, use the links on the left to search our large online database of items for sale, or to visit the rest of the site.
Check Stock
Mitford, Jessica - Hons and Rebels (Published in by The Folio Society in 2010. Bound in cloth, printed with an illustration by Yann le Bec. Approx. 288 pages, frontispiece and 12 pages of black & white plates. Size: 9 ins × 5.75 ins. Introduced by A. N. Wilson. 'If we should pass a car flaunting the red badge of socialism, we were allowed to lean out of the window and shout at the occupants: “Down with the horrible Counter-Honnish Labour Party!' Surely one of the most extraordinary families of the 20th century, the fascinating and unconventional Mitfords epitomised the great political divide of their day. Diana married Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Fascists, and Unity was a close friend of Hitler. In contrast Jessica was a committed Communistthe 'red sheep' of the family. Hons & Rebels, Jessica's sparkling and candid memoir, charts her singular early life, from her eccentric childhood to her emigration to the United States in 1939. Jessica Mitford's account of her remarkable life is both uproariously funny and deeply moving. From her pain and anger at her favourite sister's devotion to Hitler to the crushing loss of a child, tragedy touched Jessica Mitford's life many times, but her irrepressible spirit and commitment to a better world come through in every word of this remarkable memoir. )
