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Sydney Bowles. Family. Mitford. Jessica Lucy " Decca " Treuhaft ( née Freeman-Mitford, later Romilly; 11 September 1917 – 23 July 1996) was an English author, one of the six aristocratic Mitford sisters noted for their sharply conflicting politics.
Jul 21, 2016 · In the 1960s, British aristocrat Jessica Mitford wrote a best-seller on the funeral industry’s practices. Twenty years after her death, she can still teach us how to handle mortality.
Mar 27, 2024 · Jessica Mitford (born Sept. 11, 1917, Gloucestershire, England—died July 23, 1996, Oakland, Calif., U.S.) was an English-born writer and journalist noted for her witty and irreverent investigations of various aspects of American society. The fifth daughter of the 2nd Baron Redesdale, Mitford grew up in England with her brother and five ...
Sep 25, 2014 · Born to Lord and Lady Redesdale, known as Farve and Muv, the six Mitford girls - Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica and Deborah - experienced an upbringing steeped in eccentricity. Living in...
British-born American radical and "muckraking" writer, whose bestseller, The American Way of Death, led to reforms of the American funeral industry. Name variations: Decca. Born Jessica Lucy Mitford in Batsford Mansion, Gloucestershire, England, on September 11, 1917; died on July 23, 1996, at her home in Oakland, California; sixth of the seven ...
Oct 12, 2006 · Jessica “Decca” Mitford, whose letters will be published this month in a collection edited by Peter Sussman, was a refugee of the British aristocracy. She chose a different path from most of...
Jun 13, 2014 · Fri 13 Jun 2014 02.00 EDT. Last modified on Thu 26 Mar 2020 10.23 EDT. Jessica Mitford is here for the fourth time since her pre-war departure to America. And for two typically schizoid reasons...
