An e book bargain: The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict

In my opinion, Marie Benedict is among the best of the current writers of historical fiction. Here, once again, the author has succeeded in writing an absorbing story that is based upon historical fact. Unlike in her earlier novels, this time she tells the story of six important characters (rather than one) who were sisters. They were so different from each other that it is hard to believe that they had the same parents.

The family included one son, Tom and many daughters. There was Nancy, the novelist. Diana was beautiful, married to one of (those) Guinnesses but she left

Bryan to be with the Fascist Oswald Mosley. Unity was somewhat of a fanatic who was deeply enamored of Hitler while Jessica was a Communist. There were also younger sisters Debo and Pamela.

Benedict tells her chapters from different characters points of view. She often has characters detailing their experiences in the same time frame.

There is a very rich history in this family. Readers will enjoy learning more about the Mitfords in this well written story.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for this title. All opinions are my own.

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6 thoughts on “An e book bargain: The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict”

      1. Yes, I heard. I tried to get the ARC from Edelweiss, but they turned me down. I can only wish for it on NetGalley, so… if I decide I need to read it, I’ll have to buy a copy. This is what happens, I guess, when an author gets really popular and the publishers forget the faithful readers who were there and promoting these books before anyone else. They don’t need us little book bloggers anymore.

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      3. Um, no… I’m afraid that after I tried to read Gill Paul’s book about Jackie and Maria, I went off her. She got both those women SO wrong, I had to DNF that book. So I don’t trust her when it comes to biographical fiction.

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