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Wait for me! : memoirs of the youngest Mitford sister

Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, is the youngest of the famously witty brood that includes the writers Jessica and Nancy, who wrote when Deborah was born, "How disgusting of the poor darling to go and be a girl." Deborah's effervescent memoir chronicles her remarkable life, from an eccentric but happy childhood in the Oxfordshire countryside, to tea with Adolf Hitler and her controversially political sister Unity in 1937, to her marriage to the second son of the Duke of Devonshire. Her life would change utterly with his unexpected inheritance of the title and vast estates after the wartime death of his brother, who had married Kick Kennedy, the beloved sister of John F. Kennedy. Her friendship with that family would last through triumph and tragedy. This is a unique portrait of an age, and an unprecedented look at life inside one of the great aristocratic families of England.--From publisher description.

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  • "Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, is the youngest of the famously witty brood that includes the writers Jessica and Nancy, who wrote when Deborah was born, "How disgusting of the poor darling to go and be a girl." Deborah's effervescent memoir chronicles her remarkable life, from an eccentric but happy childhood in the Oxfordshire countryside, to tea with Adolf Hitler and her controversially political sister Unity in 1937, to her marriage to the second son of the Duke of Devonshire. Her life would change utterly with his unexpected inheritance of the title and vast estates after the wartime death of his brother, who had married Kick Kennedy, the beloved sister of John F. Kennedy. Her friendship with that family would last through triumph and tragedy. This is a unique portrait of an age, and an unprecedented look at life inside one of the great aristocratic families of England.--From publisher description."
  • "Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, is the youngest of the famously witty brood that includes the writers Jessica and Nancy, who wrote when Deborah was born, "How disgusting of the poor darling to go and be a girl." Deborah's effervescent memoir chronicles her remarkable life, from an eccentric but happy childhood in the Oxfordshire countryside, to tea with Adolf Hitler and her controversially political sister Unity in 1937, to her marriage to the second son of the Duke of Devonshire. Her life would change utterly with his unexpected inheritance of the title and vast estates after the wartime death of his brother, who had married Kick Kennedy, the beloved sister of John F. Kennedy. Her friendship with that family would last through triumph and tragedy. This is a unique portrait of an age, and an unprecedented look at life inside one of the great aristocratic families of England.--From publisher description."@en
  • "At the age of ninety, Debo (as she is known to all her friends) looks back on a life lived at a cracking pace. An eagerly awaited autobiography. Endless fascination with the Mitfords. Full of wonderful stories and gossip."
  • "Deborah Devonshire is a natural writer with a knack for hitting the nail on the head. She tells the story of her upbringing, lovingly describing her parents, she talks candidly about her brother and sisters, finally setting the record straight."@en
  • "Herinneringen van de hertogin van Devonshire (1920-)."
  • "Deborah Devonshire is a natural writer with a knack for the telling phrase and for hitting the nail on the head. She tells the story of her upbringing, lovingly and wittily describing her parents, she talks candidly about her brother and sisters, finally setting the record straight."@en
  • "Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, is the youngest of the famously witty brood of six daughters and one son that included the writers Jessica and Nancy, who wrote, when Deborah was born, "How disgusting of the poor darling to go and be a girl. "Deborah's effervescent memoir -- Wait for Me!"@en

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  • "Biographie"
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  • "Biography"
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  • "Nonfiction"

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  • "Wait for me! : memoirs of the youngest Mitford sister"@en
  • "Wait for me! : memoirs of the youngest Mitford sister"
  • "Duchesse à l'anglaise"
  • "Wait for me ! memoirs of the youngest Mitford sister"
  • "Wait for me! memoirs"@en
  • "Wait for me! : memoirs"
  • "Wait for me! : memoirs"@en

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