nancy mitford

Ondanks de oorlogsdreiging draait het leven in de Engelse high society toch gewoon om de jurken en de soirées. En o, wat is de verveling soms groot! Z

Verlangend naar liefde, geobsedeerd door huwelijk en seks, fantaseren Linda, haar zussen en nichtje Fanny over de perfecte partner. Maar het blijkt ni

Une transexuelle Colombienne travaille au Bois de Boulogne dans le quartier dit Latinas. Ce livre fait le tableau de l'une de ses journées de travail,

Jean-Luc Nancy is een van de meest vernieuwende filosofen uit Frankrijk, wiens naam thans overal ter wereld klinkt. Een hoogst persoonlijke ervaring g

The autobiography Nancy Mitford intended to write herself

When Jeanne-Antoinette was nine, she was told by a fortune teller that she would one day become the mistress of the handsome young Louix XV - from tha

Provides a glimpse of the bright young things of the thirties, forties, fifties and sixties in the city and in the shires; firmly ensconced at home or

Fanny is married to absent-minded Oxford don Alfred and content with her role as a plain, tweedy housewife. But overnight her life changes when Alfred

'He was the great love of her life you know.''Oh, dulling,' said my mother, sadly, 'One always thinks that. Every, every time.'Longing for love, obses

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and langu

Captures the foibles and fancies of the English upper class. Set in the privileged world of the county house party and the London season, this is a co

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY KATE WILLIAMSFrederick II of Prussia attempted to escape his authoritarian father as a boy, but went on to become one of histo

During his reign Louis XIV was the most powerful king in Europe. He presided over a golden age of military and artistic achievement in France, and dep

Ondanks de oorlogsdreiging draait het leven in de Engelse high society toch gewoon om de jurken en de soirées. En o, wat is de verveling soms groot! Z

Groomed for the perfect marriage by her mother, fearsome Lady Montdore, Polly instead scandalises society by declaring her love for her uncle 'Boy' Do

Longing for love, obsessed with weddings and sex, Linda and her sisters and cousin Fanny are on the lookout for a perfect lover. But finding Mr Right

Nancy Mitford (1904-1973) was born in London, the eldest child of the second Baron Redesdale. She had written four novels, including Wigs on the Green

Nancy Mitford modelled the characters in her best-known novels on her own unconventional (and at the time of writing, notorious) family. We are introd