Nancy Mitford (1904–1973) was the eldest of the “Mitford girls,” the sisters who captured the attention of the English public and press with their literary talents and unpopular politics. Nancy Mitford herself was famous for her novels (The Pursuit of Love, The Blessing, and Don’t Tell Alfred), for her forays into social science (a critical study of the English aristocracy), and for her biographies of famous figures from French history (Madame de Pompadour, Voltaire in Love, and The Sun King).
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The Soldier in Her
February 25, 1971
Memoirs of Madame de La Tour du Pin translated by Felice Harcourt, with an Introduction by Peter Gay
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All For Love
April 28, 1966
The Uncompromising Heart: A Life of Marie Mancini by Françoise Mallet-Joris, translated by Patrick O'Brien
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Belle Lettriste
February 6, 1964
Madame de Sevigne
by Harriet Ray Allentuch