Don't Tell Alfred
The wickedly funny sequel to The Pursuit of Love
$23.64
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2016
Summary
I believe it would have been normal for me to have paid a visit to the outgoing ambassadress. However, the said ambassadress had set up such an uninhibited wail when she knew she was to leave, proclaiming her misery to all and sundry and refusing so furiously to look on the bright side, that is was felt she might not be very nice to me.
Fanny is married to absent-minded Oxford don Alfred and content with her role as a plain, tweedy housewife with ‘ghastly’ clothes. But overnight her l…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241974704 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241974704 |
| Author: | Nancy Mitford, Sophie Dahl |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2016 |
| Weight: | 172g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 17mm |
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“A wickedly clever novel in Nancy Mitford’s best vein, hilariously funny in conception and execution.” – Chicago Tribune
“A wickedly clever novel in Nancy Mitford’s best vein, hilariously funny in conception and execution.” –Chicago Tribune
“Witty, high-spirited, entertaining, perceptive, and both a little cozy and a little cruel.” –The New York Times
A wickedly clever novel in Nancy Mitford s best vein, hilariously funny in conception and execution. Chicago Tribune Witty, high-spirited, entertaining, perceptive, and both a little cozy and a little cruel. The New York Times“About The Author
Nancy Mitford
Nancy Mitford (1904-1973) was born in London, the eldest child of the second Baron Redesdale. She had written four novels, including Wigs on the Green (1935), before the success of The Pursuit of Love in 1945, which she followed with Love in a Cold Climate (1949), The Blessing (1951) and Don’t Tell Alfred (1960). She also wrote four works of biography. Nancy Mitford was awarded the CBE in 1972.
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