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  • Take Six Girls: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters

  • By: Laura Thompson
  • Narrated by: Maggie Mash
  • Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (30 ratings)

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By: Laura Thompson
Narrated by: Maggie Mash
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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.

Then, as the shadows crept over 1930s Europe, the stark - and very public - differences in their outlooks came to symbolize the political polarities of a dangerous decade.

©2015 Laura Thompson (P)2016 W F Howes Ltd

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"I was enthralled and charmed by this group biography of all six Mitford sisters, which tells the intertwined stories of their stylish scandalous lives." ( The Bookseller)

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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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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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They Were Not Boring

Mum and her girls were incapable of being boring. They also lived in interesting times.

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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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