Another year has come and gone and with it, more books on some of the most fascinating battles, leaders, and adventures in human history. From Buddy Levy’s epic account of the last great voyage of The … Read the article
I came to Heiresses by accident, during the course of researching another book. As I scanned letters and diaries by the usual suspects—Nancy Mitford, Cecil Beaton, James Lees-Milne—in search of information, I found myself intrigued by certain … Read the article
Take six girls, all of them rampant individualists, and let them loose upon one of the most politically explosive periods in history. This is the story of the Mitford sisters. It is like a social experiment, the … Read the article