All in One Basket
by Deborah Mitford Duchess of Devonshire (Author)Char
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In her beguiling memoir, Wait for Me!, Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire (and the youngest of the famously witty brood of writers, agitators, and icons), recounted her eventful life with wit and grace. All in One Basket collects the Duchess of Devonshire's breezy, occasional writings and provides a disarming look at a life lived with great zest and originality.All in One Basket combines two earlier collections, Counting My Chickens and Home to Roost, its sequel, which was never show more published in the United States. In these pages, we hear anecdotes about famous friends from Evelyn Waugh to John F. Kennedy; tales of struggle and success at Chatsworth, England's greatest stately home; and of course the tales of her beloved chickens, which the Duchess began raising as a child for pocket money. In All in One Basket, glamorous recollections happily coexist with practical insights into country life, and the result is a revelatory, intimate portrait of a woman described by The New York Times as a "national treasure." show lessTags
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- 941.082092 — History & geography History of Europe British Isles Historical periods of British Isles 1837- Period of Victoria and House of Windsor 1901-1999
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- DA664 .C36 .A45 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England Description and travel. Guidebooks
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