| Record Number |
709456 |
| ISBN |
9781445856216 (hbk.) |
| 9781445856223 (sbk.) |
| Author |
Devonshire, Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford Cavendish Duchess of, 1920- |
| Title |
Wait for me! [text (large print)] : memoirs of the youngest Mitford sister / Deborah Devonshire. |
| Edition |
Large print ed. |
| Publisher/Date |
Bath : Windsor/Paragon, 2011, c2010. |
| Pagination etc. |
xiii, 466 p. (large print) : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents note |
Standard print ed. originally published: London : John Murray, 2010. |
| Summary Note |
At the age of ninety, Deborah Devonshire, the youngest of the Mitford sisters, looks back on a life lived at a cracking pace. She tells of her upbringing; her family and their politics, finally setting the record straight. She writes brilliantly about the countryside and her deep attachment to it. At twenty-one, she married Andrew Cavendish, who succeeded as the 11th Duke of Devonshire. She played an active role in restoring and overseeing the running of the family houses. She tells poignantly of the deaths of three of her six children, and the effect that her husband's battle with alcohol addiction had on the family. |
| Subject - Name |
Devonshire, Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford Cavendish -- Duchess of,1920- |
| Subject |
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- Biography |
| Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography |
| Large type books |
| Large type books |
| -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. |
| Shelf Location |
LP B DEVO |
