IN TEARING HASTE: LETTERS BETWEEN DEBORAH DEVONSHIRE AND PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR (SIGNED)
MOSLEY, Charlotte (Ed.). In Tearing Haste: Letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor. London: John Murray, 2008.
First edition, first impression. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor, the Duchess of Devonshire, and the editor, Charlotte Mosley. As new in fine dust-jacket.
This book of letters is a record of the lifelong friendship between Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire – youngest of the six legendary Mitford sisters, and celebrated travel writer and war hero, Patrick Leigh Fermor. There are glimpses of President Kennedy’s inauguration, parties at Buckingham Palace, including the wedding of Charles and Diana, and life at Chatsworth House, the home of the Devonshire family. The correspondence also features writers and artists such as Evelyn Waugh, author of Brideshead Revisited, Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, and painter Lucian Freud.
xiii, 390 pp. b/w photos, text drawings. Hardback. (ISBN: 9780719568589).