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Don't Tell Alfred
Nancy Mitford
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Description for Don't Tell Alfred
Paperback. Fanny is married to absent-minded Oxford don Alfred and content with her role as a plain, tweedy housewife. But overnight her life changes when Alfred is appointed English Ambassador to Paris. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 174.
Don't Tell Alfred is the wickedly funny sequel to Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate. '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 it was felt she might not be very nice to me.' Fanny is married to absent-minded Oxford don Alfred ... Read more
Don't Tell Alfred is the wickedly funny sequel to Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate. '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 it was felt she might not be very nice to me.' Fanny is married to absent-minded Oxford don Alfred ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fig Tree
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241974704
SKU
V9780241974704
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Ref
99-99
About 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 ... Read more
Reviews for Don't Tell Alfred
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more