{"product_id":"wait-for-me-paperback","title":"Wait for Me! - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeborah Mitford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe autobiography of one of Britain's most beloved figures, last of the Mitford sisters, renowned writer and social figure. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, is the youngest of the famously witty brood of six daughters and one son that included the writers Jessica and Nancy, who wrote, when Deborah was born, \"How disgusting of the poor darling to go and be a girl.\" Deborah's effervescent memoir \u003ci\u003eWait for Me! \u003c\/i\u003echronicles her remarkable life, from an eccentric but happy childhood roaming the Oxfordshire countryside, to tea with Adolf Hitler and her sister Unity in 1937, to her marriage to Andrew Cavendish, the second son of the Duke of Devonshire. Her life changed utterly with his unexpected inheritance of the title and vast estates after the wartime death of his brother, who had married \"Kick\" Kennedy, the beloved sister of John F. Kennedy. Her friendship with that family would last through triumph and tragedy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1959, the Duchess and her family took up residence in Chatsworth, the four-hundred-year-old family seat, with its incomparable collections of paintings, tapestry, and sculpture--the combined accumulations of generations of tastemakers. Neglected due to the economies of two world wars and punitive inheritance taxes, the great house soon came to life again under the careful attention of the Duchess. It is regarded as one of England's most loved and popular historic houses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eWait for Me! \u003c\/i\u003eis written with intense warmth, charm, and perception. A unique portrait of an age of tumult, splendor, and change, it is also an unprecedented look at the rhythms of life inside one of the great aristocratic families of England. With its razor-sharp portraits of the Duchess's many friends and cohorts--politicians, writers, artists, sportsmen--it is truly irresistible reading, and will join the shelf of Mitford classics to delight readers for years to come.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, \u003c\/b\u003e was brought up in Oxfordshire, England. In 1950 her husband, Andrew, the 11th Duke of Devonshire, inherited extensive estates in Yorkshire and Ireland as well as Chatsworth, the family seat in Derbyshire, and Deborah became chatelaine of one of England's great houses. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eCounting My Chickens\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHome to Roost\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books, and her letters have been collected in The \u003ci\u003eMitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Tearing Haste: The Correspondence of the Duchess of Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor\u003c\/i\u003e. Following her husband's death in 2004, she moved to a village on the Chatsworth estate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Mosley\u003c\/b\u003e, Deborah Mitford's daughter-in-law, has worked as a publisher and journalist. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eLove from Nancy: The Letters of Nancy Mitford\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Paris.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45315097591910,"sku":"9780312610647","price":35.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/US90TXdKa1llV1V2ZWdVcUQ2S1dKUT09.webp?v=1774360159","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/wait-for-me-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}