Jonathan Guinness

Catherine Guinness

Based largely on original material, private correspondence, and interviews, this biography of the seven Mitford siblings affords the first comprehensive group portrait of the disparate and dazzling pilgrims on their progress through life

The House of Mitford

For 200 years the Guinness company had been run by the Guinness family. In 1985, the Distillers' Company sought a friendly merger with Guinness; however, the company was now led by Ernest Saunders. This book tells the story of boardroom battles and criminal trials.

Requiem for a Family Business

Among the six daughters and one son born to David, second Lord Redesdale, and his wife Sydney were Nancy, the novelist and historian; Diana, who married fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley; Unity, friend of Hitler; Jessica, who became a communist and then an investigative journalist; and Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire and mistress of Chatsworth. 'The Mitford Girls', as John Betjeman called them, were one of the twentieth century's most controversial families; said to be always either in shrieks of laughter or floods of tears, they were glamorous, romantic and - especially in politics - extreme. Yet the teasing, often bordering on cruelty, the flamboyant contrasts and the violent disagreements, hid a powerful affection, subtle likenesses in character and a powerful underlying unity.

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