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Diana Mosley : A biography of the glamorous Mitford sister who became Hitler's friend andmarried the leader of Britain's fascists |
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She was one of the fabulous Mitford sisters, immortalized by eldest sibling Nancy in the novel The Pursuit of Love, whose beauty, wit, and charm enlivened English society during the years after World War I. Yet British editor Jan Dalley makes it clear in this readable biography that Diana Mitford also possessed a steely resolve and a taste for extremism that soon took her far beyond the glittering social circle immortalized by her friend Evelyn Waugh and the "Bright Young People." Wed to wealthy Bryan Guinness in 1929, when she was only 18, she soon fell in love with Oswald Mosley and committed herself to his British fascist party. Diana made frequent visits to Germany and befriended the Nazi elite; when she and Mosley married in 1936, the ceremony was held at Joseph Goebbels's home in Berlin. Unsurprisingly, the Mosleys were arrested shortly after World War II began and spent more than three years in prison. Dalley is sympathetic to Diana's plight--she was separated from her 10-month-old baby when jailed--without condoning her views. Offering "reasons, but no excuses," the narrative concentrates on Diana's youth; two short chapters chronicle her long life after incarceration. Readers will probably agree that the glamorous party girl and fascist wife are the most interesting stages in this complex woman's life. --Wendy Smith
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