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The story of the Mitford sisters is a fascinating one and our own extremist political era is as good a time as any to reflect on the political decisions made by the kids in a British aristocratic family on its socioeconomic way down in the interwar years.
The book suffers, however, from Laura Thompson wanting us to love these women the way she does, to appreciate the myth-making of Nancy and hold on to all sorts of warm feelings about the family and what it represents. This leads her to unconscionable and crazy amounts of positive speculation along the lines of: yes, she said that but she couldn't have possibly meant it. . .
