Don'T Tell Alfred
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: First Ed. Age tanning throughout, price clipped inside front dust jacket.
Nancy Mitford's Don't Tell Alfred is a sparkling comedy of manners that catapults readers into the glamorous, chaotic world of post-war Parisian diplomacy, where the genteel Fanny Wincham finds herself thrust into the role of British Ambassadress in Paris — a position for which she feels magnificently unprepared. The novel chronicles her valiant attempts to restore order to the grand Embassy residence, complicated by a predecessor who refuses to vacate, an errant son who has gone native among the French aristocracy, and a cast of eccentric house guests who arrive uninvited and overstay their welcome with magnificent self-assurance. Mitford writes with the razor-sharp wit and insider knowledge that made her one of the twentieth century's most beloved satirists, skewering the British upper classes and the peculiarities of diplomatic society with equal affection and acidity. As the final instalment in the sequence begun with The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate, this novel rewards longtime admirers of Fanny's world while standing magnificently on its own. Brimming with Mitford's signature blend of social observation and irrepressible farce, it leaves the reader wondering whether sophisticated society is simply absurdity dressed in its Sunday best.
Author: Nancy Mitford
Format: Hardback
Published: 1960, Hamish Hamilton
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: First Ed. Age tanning throughout, price clipped inside front dust jacket.
Nancy Mitford's Don't Tell Alfred is a sparkling comedy of manners that catapults readers into the glamorous, chaotic world of post-war Parisian diplomacy, where the genteel Fanny Wincham finds herself thrust into the role of British Ambassadress in Paris — a position for which she feels magnificently unprepared. The novel chronicles her valiant attempts to restore order to the grand Embassy residence, complicated by a predecessor who refuses to vacate, an errant son who has gone native among the French aristocracy, and a cast of eccentric house guests who arrive uninvited and overstay their welcome with magnificent self-assurance. Mitford writes with the razor-sharp wit and insider knowledge that made her one of the twentieth century's most beloved satirists, skewering the British upper classes and the peculiarities of diplomatic society with equal affection and acidity. As the final instalment in the sequence begun with The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate, this novel rewards longtime admirers of Fanny's world while standing magnificently on its own. Brimming with Mitford's signature blend of social observation and irrepressible farce, it leaves the reader wondering whether sophisticated society is simply absurdity dressed in its Sunday best.