A âdevastatingly wittyâ biography of Louis XIV and the Court of Versaillesâat once a historical record of late 17th- and early 18th-century France and a gossip-filled narrative of lovers and rivals,...
Nancy Mitfordâs most controversial novel, unavailable for decades, is a hilarious satirical send-up of the fascist political enthusiasms of her sisters Unity and Diana, and of her notorious brother-in-law, Sir Oswald Mosley.