Nancy Mitford wrote comic novels, biography and essays about class, family and the social codes of upper-class Britain. The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate follow the Radletts and their circle through romance, marriage and eccentric family life, using Linda Radlett and Fanny Logan to expose both the charm and absurdity of aristocratic society. Don’t Tell Alfred continues the same fictional world. Mitford also wrote biographies of figures including Madame de Pompadour and Louis XIV. Her fiction is light, sharp and dialogue-driven, with social observation doing more work than plot. The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate are the essential Mitford pair, turning aristocratic family life into rapid dialogue, romantic misjudgement and some of the sharpest class comedy in her fiction. Read more Less
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