Born 1 Graham Street (now Terrace) SW1 into the British aristocracy, the eldest of 7 siblings: Pamela, Thomas, Diana, Unity, Jessica, Deborah. Popularised U and non-U linguistic usage. Novels include: The Pursuit of Love (1945) (great fun, we recommend it) and Love in a Cold Climate (1949). Died Versailles, France.
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Nancy Mitford
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Nancy Mitford
On the declaration of war, Nancy's Fascist sister Unity had shot herself in t...
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Smith, Elder & Co.
Publishers at 65 Cornhill (the picture) until 1868. Also at 15 Waterloo Place. Their first big success was Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. They also published: Thackeray, Darwin, Ruskin, Browning...
Dorothy Richardson
Author and journalist. Born Abingdon and brought up in Putney. Her father was bankrupt and her mother had committed suicide by the time Dorothy was 22. Moved to Bloomsbury in 1896 and while workin...
Henry Fielding
Novelist, playwright. Born Somerset. Half-brother to Sir John Fielding. Lived in Bow Street and Essex Street. Play: The Miser. Novels: Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones. As magistrate he carried out a numb...
Hilda Seligman
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T. E. Lawrence
Intelligence officer and author. Born at Woodlands, Tremadoc, Caernarvonshire. He joined the archaeological team of Sir Flinders Petrie at Carchemish on the Euphrates, where he first met the Bedoui...
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