![]() ![]() There, at the center of the vast ballroom, stands the stunning, statuesque figure in a floor-length sheath of platinum silk, a shade that echoes her silvery-blue eyes. The fabled Cheyne Walk house exudes perfection down to the last detail, nowhere more than in its hostess. Servants pour golden champagne into the cut-crystal glasses. The mellifluous sounds of the symphony float throughout the ballroom. Probing the torrid political climate of World War II and the ways that sensible people can be sucked into radical action, The Mitford Affair follows Nancy’s valiant efforts to end the war and the cost of placing loyalty to her country above loyalty to her family. ![]() Novelist Nancy Mitford is the only member of her family to keep in touch with Diana and Unity after their desertion, so it falls to her to act when her sisters become spies for the Nazi party. Though they’ve weathered scandals before, the family falls into disarray when Diana divorces her husband to marry a fascist leader and Unity follows her sister’s lead, inciting rumors that she’s become Hitler’s own mistress. Intrigued? Well read on to discover the synopsis and an excerpt from Marie Benedict’s The Mitford Affair, which is out January 17th.īetween the World Wars, the six Mitford sisters dominate the English political, literary, and social scenes. From New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict-she’ll have to choose: her country or her sisters? ![]()
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