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Author photo. Photo by Roloff Beny, Hotel Cipriani, Venice, 1957 <br>(Credit: Roloff Beny/Library and Archives Canada/<br>PA-193744)

Photo by Roloff Beny, Hotel Cipriani, Venice, 1957
(Credit: Roloff Beny/Library and Archives Canada/
PA-193744)

Nancy Mitford (1904–1973)

Author of The Pursuit of Love

Includes the names: N. MITFORD, Nabcy Mitford, Nancy Nitford, Nancy Mitford, Nancy Mitford, Nancy Mitford, Nnancy Mitford, ed Nancy Mitford, ed., Nancy Mitford, Nancy Et Al Mitford ... (see complete list), Editor Nancy Mitford, Nancy Freeman Mitford, Nancy Editor: Mitford, Nancy - edited by Mitford, Nancy Mitford; Picture Researcher Joy Law, Nancy Mitford; introduction by Roy Strong, Alan S. C.; Mitford Nancy (editor) ; Ross Mitford, Russell (Introducti Nancy (Editor); Lynes Mitford

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Works by Nancy Mitford
The Pursuit of Love 1,843 copies, 67 reviews
Love in a Cold Climate 1,639 copies, 44 reviews
The Pursuit of Love / Love in a Cold Climate 1,465 copies, 30 reviews
The Sun King 868 copies, 16 reviews
Madame de Pompadour 866 copies, 15 reviews
Don't Tell Alfred 751 copies, 16 reviews
The Blessing 733 copies, 16 reviews
Noblesse Oblige: An Enquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the… (Editor) 419 copies, 4 reviews
Voltaire in Love 381 copies, 6 reviews
The Pursuit of Love | Love in a Cold Climate | The Blessing 378 copies, 2 reviews
Frederick the Great 357 copies, 5 reviews
Wigs on the Green 332 copies, 15 reviews
Christmas Pudding 280 copies, 14 reviews
Pigeon Pie 269 copies, 5 reviews
Highland Fling 216 copies, 8 reviews
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Also by Nancy Mitford
The Princesse de Clèves (Translator, some editions) 2,239 copies, 56 reviews
The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters (Contributor) 807 copies, 20 reviews
The Mapp and Lucia Novels (Introduction, some editions) 534 copies, 18 reviews
The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh (Contributor) 267 copies, 4 reviews
The Bookshop at 10 Curzon Street: Letters Between Nancy Mitford and… (Contributor) 208 copies, 6 reviews
The Norton Book of Personal Essays (Contributor) 142 copies, 1 review
A Literary Christmas: An Anthology (Contributor) 122 copies, 2 reviews
Ice: Stories of Survival from Polar Exploration (Contributor) 57 copies
The Virago Book of Christmas (Contributor) 52 copies, 1 review
Round the Christmas Fire: Festive Stories (Contributor) 32 copies
Famous and Curious Animal Stories (Contributor) 28 copies, 1 review
Love in a Cold Climate [2001 film] (Original novel) 22 copies
The Little Hut (Adapted, some editions) 22 copies
The Bedside Lilliput (Contributor) 11 copies
Love in a Cold Climate [1980 TV mini-series] (Original novel) 10 copies, 1 review
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Canonical name
Mitford, Nancy
Legal name
Freeman-Mitford, Nancy
Other names
Rodd, Honourable Mrs. Peter
Date of birth
1904-11-28
Date of death
1973-06-30
Burial location
Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, England
Gender
female
Nationality
UK
England, UK
Country (for map)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Place of death
Versailles, France
Cause of death
hodgkin's lymphoma
Places of residence
Oxfordshire, England, UK
Paris, France
Versailles, France
Education
at home
Occupations
novelist
biographer
essayist
Relationships
Mitford, Jessica (sister)
Mosley, Diana (sister)
Devonshire, Deborah (sister)
Mitford, Algernon B. (grandfather)
Mosley, Oswald (brother-in-law)
Agents
Caroline Dawnay (PFD)
Organizations
Girl Guides
Awards and honors
Order of the British Empire (Commander ∙ 1972)
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (1972)
Short biography
Nancy Mitford came from an aristocratic background, which she enjoyed satirizing (along with snobs and social climbers). Many of her works were witty and worldly observations of English and French society and manners. She began writing fiction and moved on to biography and history. She was one of the six Mitford sisters, whose lives and activities fascinated the public.
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She is sometimes confused with Nancy MILFORD. Be careful not to combine the two. Thank you for your help.

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