The Horror of Love - Nancy Mitford and Gaston Palewski in Paris and London

Zusatztext Delectable Informationen zum Autor Lisa Hilton is the acclaimed author of The Real Queen of France: Athénais and Louis XIV, Mistress Peachum's Pleasure, Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens and The Horror of Love. She is the author of two novels, the bestselling Wolves in Winter and The House with Blue Shutters , which was shortlisted in the UK for the Commonwealth Fiction prize. She was educated at Oxford University, and lives in central London. http://lisa-hilton.com/ Klappentext The compelling love story of two extraordinary individuals - Nancy Mitford and Free French commander Gaston Palewski - living in extraordinary times - immortalised in THE PURSUIT OF LOVE'A delicious mix of drama, melancholy and enchantment' DAILY EXPRESS Vorwort The compelling love story of two extraordinary individuals - Nancy Mitford and Free French commander Gaston Palewski - living in extraordinary times - immortalised in THE PURSUIT OF LOVE 'A delicious mix of drama, melancholy and enchantment' DAILY EXPRESS Zusammenfassung The compelling love story of two extraordinary individuals - Nancy Mitford and Free French commander Gaston Palewski - living in extraordinary times.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Hilton, Hilton Lisa
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.06.2012
• EAN: 9780753827734
• ISBN: 978-0-7538-2773-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 200 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: literary, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000