Radlett and Montdore: Love in a Cold Climate (Series #2) (Paperback)

from Kristelh

An amusing story written in 1949, featuring life of the British aristocrats in the thirties. The characters are all grossly exaggerated but make for a lot of fun. The novel is described as subversive, funny, and comforting. The most exaggerated character, plainly gay, is introduced, has a life of...

from Xirxe

Wer sich vergewissern möchte, dass früher auch nicht alles besser war als heute ;-) sollte dieses Buch von Nancy Mitford lesen. Sie beschreibt am Beispiel einer der reichsten Familien des Landes das Leben der High Society in Großbritannien der 30er Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts. Der ehemalige Vi...

from EadieB

Book Description One of Nancy Mitford's most beloved novels, Love in a Cold Climate is a sparkling romantic comedy that vividly evokes the lost glamour of aristocratic life in England between the wars. Polly Hampton has long been groomed for the perfect marriage by her mother, the fearsome and am...

from DeltaQueen50

Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford was a simple, charming story that started off with a delightful introduction written by Alan Cumming in which he sets the stage for the narrator, Fanny, to tell the story of the Hampton family, the perfect father, husband and host, Lord Montdore, his fearso...

from tandah

What an unusual book. I found it fresh and interesting and often laugh out loud funny. The commedy of manners (ill manners) takes place between the wars, about the tensions between a mother and daughter over the urgency and suitability of marriage (partners). I particularly enjoyed Fanny's narrat...