Don't Tell Alfred

The wickedly funny sequel to The Pursuit of Love

Nancy Mitford, Sophie Dahl

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Penguin Books Ltd
01 February 2016

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Reissued on the 70th anniversary of the first publication of The Pursuit of Love by Hamish Hamilton

'I believe it would have been normal for me to have paid a visit to the outgoing ambassadress. However, the said ambassadress had set up such an uninhibited wail when she knew she was to leave, proclaiming her misery to all and sundry and refusing so furiously to look on the bright side, that is was felt she might not be very nice to me.'

Fanny is married to absent-minded Oxford don Alfred and content with her role as a plain, tweedy housewife with 'ghastly' clothes. But overnight her life changes when Alfred is appointed English Ambassador to Paris. In the blink of an eye Fanny's mixing with Royalty, Rothschilds and Dior-clad wives, throwing cocktail parties and having every indiscreet remark printed in tomorrow's papers.

But with the love lives of her new friends to organize, an aristocratic squatter who won't budge and the antics of her maverick sons to thwart, Fanny's far too busy to worry about the diplomatic crisis looming on the horizon . . .

Don't Tell Alfred continues the hilarious stories of characters Nancy Mitford introduced in The Pursuit of Love, Love in a Cold Climate and The Blessing.

By: Nancy Mitford
Introduction by: Sophie Dahl
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 170g
ISBN: 9780241974704
ISBN 10: 0241974704
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 February 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 (1935), before the success of The Pursuit of Love in 1945, which she followed with Love in a Cold Climate (1949), The Blessing (1951) and Don't Tell Alfred (1960). She also wrote four works of biography. Nancy Mitford was awarded the CBE in 1972.

Reviews for Don't Tell Alfred: The wickedly funny sequel to The Pursuit of Love

"A wickedly clever novel in Nancy Mitford s best vein, hilariously funny in conception and execution. Chicago Tribune Witty, high-spirited, entertaining, perceptive, and both a little cozy and a little cruel. The New York Times"" ""A wickedly clever novel in Nancy Mitford's best vein, hilariously funny in conception and execution."" --Chicago Tribune ""Witty, high-spirited, entertaining, perceptive, and both a little cozy and a little cruel."" --The New York Times"