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Take Six Girls: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters
- Narrated by: Maggie Mash
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
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They were known as the Mitford sisters: Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica and Deborah. Born into country-house privilege in the early years of the 20th century, they became prominent as 'bright young things' in the high society of interwar London.
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- Julie Greenhalgh
- 12-05-2022
Shallow dive
The book jumped from sister to sister and I didn’t feel gave much depth to the story of any of them. This felt like a timeline of births deaths and marriages and I struggled to finish it.
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- Kelly
- 14-04-2016
will listen to again.
i adored this book. Knowing only a little about each siste.r i was so glad to have them all together. Fascinating
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- Vanessa Young
- 08-11-2016
A fascinating book
I have always been fascinated by the 'Mitford girls', particularly Nancy, but knew very little about Diana and Unity. This was a very detailed and enjoyable account of all the Mitford's lives.
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- SW TUBBS
- 24-07-2019
They Were Not Boring
Mum and her girls were incapable of being boring. They also lived in interesting times.
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