Publisher's Synopsis
This collection spans Nancy Mitford's career as a journalist, from its beginnings to shortly before her death and includes pieces from "Vogue", "The Sunday Times", "Atlantic Monthly" and "The Spectator" among other periodicals.;The book includes "The English aristocracy", "The secret history of a London wedding" and "A queen of France" and many other pieces on fashion and fashionable life, both contemporary and historical, in several countries.;Most of the essays begin with excerpts of correspondence between Mitford and her friends, including Evelyn Waugh.
