, this three-part drama vividly evokes the colourful atmosphere of 18th Century Versailles, and Louis XV's tempestuous relationship with his adored mistress, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour. Produced by Norman Wright.įirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 23 February 1974Ī glamorous invitation to a grand party at Hampton - home of the fantastically rich Montdores and their beautiful daughter Polly - brings Fanny into the world of 1920s high society: and in and out of love when the temperature drops.ĭramatised by Claire Luckham. This bittersweet tale follows the fortunes of Fanny Logan and her eccentric aristocratic cousins, the Radletts, as they embark on disastrous love affairs and misconceived marriages while searching for Mr Right.Īdapted by Alan Melville.
her delightful biography of Louis XV's chief mistress and a pair of fascinating programmes exploring her own unconventional life. Collected here are adaptations of her two bestsellers, the semi-autobiographical An aristocrat and socialite, she mingled with the 'Bright Young Things' in interwar London, and went on to satirise their foibles in razor-sharp, wickedly funny prose. : The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate (9780394604817) by Mitford, Nancy and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible.
But Mitford's triumph is that, as the Radletts live and laugh and cry, we with them-Julie Parsons, The Irish Times In her novels Nancy mastered her life, making everyone who was different or difficult into figures of mirth, moving only among the aristocracy, and infusing the world with a spirit of lazy, delightful romance-Natasha Walter, The Independent Utter, utter bliss-Daily Mail A dazzling comic delight.The eldest of the notorious Mitford sisters, Nancy Mitford was renowned for her comic novels of upper-class life. I got a thing for Nancy Love her style and Love in a Cold Climate is a classic between the wars romantic comedy. Read more the brittle surface of Mitford's wit there is something infinitely more melancholy at work - something that is apt to snag you and pull you into its dark undertow when you are least expecting it-Zoë Heller, The Telegraph Nancy Mitford taught the wonderful truth that laughter can see you through the darkest hours of your life-Daily Mail The Millennial faint-hearted will be appalled by Mitford's depiction of class and gender. Utter, utter bliss-Daily Mail A dazzling comic delight-Fiona Wilson, The Times, Saturday Review The story's genius lies in its wicked humour, which remains relentlessly uplifting even as the Blitz begin to smash all the hopes of that pre-war arcadia-Olivia Laing, The Guardian Too spiky and intelligent, I think, to qualify as an altogether cosy read beneath.
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