In Tearing Haste
Letters Between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor
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- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2009
Summary
In spring 1956, Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire - youngest of the six legendary Mitford sisters - invited the writer and war hero Patrick Leigh Fermor to visit Lismore Castle, the Devonshires’ house in Ireland. This halcyon visit sparked off a deep friendship and a lifelong exchange of sporadic but highly entertaining letters.
There can rarely have been such contrasting styles: Debo, unashamed philistine and self-professed illiterate (though suspected by her friends of being a secret r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780719568572 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0719568579 |
| Author: | Deborah Devonshire, Patrick Leigh Fermor |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2009 |
| Weight: | 304g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 141mm x 27mm |
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Critics Review
‘Altogether delicious … Charlotte Mosley’s editing of these letters is erudite, mischievous and unflawed’
Packed with gossip, creaky jokes and gadding about…all but the most inverted of snobs will enjoy a cheery time in these pages - The Independent, Christopher Hirst
Highly engaging exchanges of mutual joie de vivre - The TimesAltogether delicious … Charlotte Mosley’s editing of these letters is erudite, mischievous and unflawed - Sunday TelegraphPart of the charm of this impeccably edited correspondence is a sense of the lacrimae rerum, of a vanished world of high romance - Daily TelegraphThis marvellous correspondence celebrates two of the most important things in the world, courage and friendship - SpectatorSparkling - The TimesAn impressive array of personalities and dramas - Good Book GuideCaptivating collection … Deborah’s life [is] brilliantly encapsulated -and parodied- in her more succinct letters … their exchanges achieve the goal of all good correspondents: to bring out the best in one another - Anglo Hellenic ReviewAbout The Author
Deborah Devonshire
Charlotte Mosley lives in Paris and has worked as a publisher and journalist. She is the editor of Love from Nancy, The Letters of Nancy Mitford, The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh and The Mitfords, Letters Between Six Sisters.
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