Hons and Rebels

Zusatztext What is really quite amazing about this book! which I have read many! many times! and love ... [is] she's not La Pasionaria! she's not some really left-wing heroine! but she is amazing to have got from where she started to where she ended up Informationen zum Autor Jessica Mitford was the fifth of the six Mitford daughters and always the rebel among her sisters - Nancy, Pam, Diana, Unity and Debo. At the age of 19 she eloped to the Spanish Civil War with her cousin, Esmond Romilly, and they moved to the USA in 1939. Romilly died in action in 1941 and Jessica later married Bob Treuhaft, a lawyer, with whom she lived in California. A one-time member of the American Communist Party, Jessica was a frequent target for the House Committee of Un-American Activities and was a passionate supporter of civil rights. Klappentext New on the Indigo list. This biography is reissued with a new jacket design. "More than an extremely amusing biography... she has evoked a whole generation." "Sunday Times". Vorwort The classic memoir of one of the century's most extraordinary families Perfect for fans of THE PURSUIT OF LOVE - A MAJOR NEW TV DRAMA Zusammenfassung The classic memoir of one of the century's most extraordinary familiesPerfect for fans of THE PURSUIT OF LOVE - A MAJOR NEW TV DRAMA

What is really quite amazing about this book, which I have read many, many times, and love ... [is] she's not La Pasionaria, she's not some really left-wing heroine, but she is amazing to have got from where she started to where she ended up

Vorwort

The classic memoir of one of the century's most extraordinary families
Perfect for fans of THE PURSUIT OF LOVE - A MAJOR NEW TV DRAMA

Autorentext

Jessica Mitford was the fifth of the six Mitford daughters and always the rebel among her sisters - Nancy, Pam, Diana, Unity and Debo. At the age of 19 she eloped to the Spanish Civil War with her cousin, Esmond Romilly, and they moved to the USA in 1939. Romilly died in action in 1941 and Jessica later married Bob Treuhaft, a lawyer, with whom she lived in California. A one-time member of the American Communist Party, Jessica was a frequent target for the House Committee of Un-American Activities and was a passionate supporter of civil rights.

Klappentext

New on the Indigo list. This biography is reissued with a new jacket design. "More than an extremely amusing biography... she has evoked a whole generation." "Sunday Times".

Zusammenfassung
The classic memoir of one of the century's most extraordinary familiesPerfect for fans of THE PURSUIT OF LOVE - A MAJOR NEW TV DRAMA