The Mitford Girls

‘I am normal, my wife is normal, but my daughters are each more foolish than the other‘ bewailed Lord Redesdale, father of the Mitford girls Even if the six daughters, born between 1904 and 1920, of the charming, eccentric David, Lord Redesdale and his wife Sydney had been quite ordinary women, the span of their lives - encompassing the most traumatic century in Britain‘s history - and the status to which they were born, would have made their story a fascinating one. But Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Decca and Debo, ‘the mad, mad Mitfords‘, were far from ordinary. ‘The remarkable Mitfords have inspired dozens of books but this may well be the best‘ Independent on Sunday ‘A book that can be heartily recommended‘ A.N. Wilson, New Statesman ‘This is an excellent book‘ Daily Telegraph ‘I enjoyed The Mitford Girls enormously. Lovell manages to drive her six-in-hand at a cracking pace‘ Lynn Barber, Observer