Description |
vi, 296 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. |
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Includes index. |
Summary |
Born into an aristocratic but eccentric family, Mitford was blessed with a mythical beauty and charm that inspired a frenzy among potential suitors Evelyn Waugh and Randolph Churchill. She was married young to the heir of the Guinness ale fortune and hobnobbed with the social and cultural elite of the 1920s. Diana had two children with Guinness before meeting Mosley, then a Labour Party leader and known womanizer still married to Curzon. Mosley was in the process of establishing the British Union of Fascism, and Diana, fervently in love, left her husband to support him and his cause. Later, Diana and her sister Unity became fascinated with the Nazi party in Germany and developed close ties with Hitler. When Curzon died, Diana married Mosley, standing by him through imprisonment and the aftermath of WWII. |
Subject |
Mosley, Diana, 1910-2003.
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England -- Biography.
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Mosley, Oswald, 1896-1980.
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ISBN |
0812907582 |
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9780812907582 |
Standard No. |
NZ1 3138837 |
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AU@ 000021870460 |
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