by Diana Mosley
Introduction by Deborah Devonshire
***Interviews by Duncan Fallowell (new)
***Portraits of Oswald Mosley and Lord Berners (new)
Edited by Martin Rynja
9781906142100 *** £8.99 Paperback *** 560 pp ***
(London, UK) Gibson Square is delighted to announce the UK publication of the paperback The Pursuit of Laughter. Written by Diana Mosley, the most glamorous Mitford sister, this is the edited collection of her writings from the private magazine she edited in the 1950s to the articles she wrote for many publications until her death in August 2003. Included for the first time in this volume are her last interview with Duncan Fallowell, her portrait of her husband Sir Oswald Mosley and her friend Lord Berners.
‘Oblique, ironic wit... sharp and perceptive.’
Anne de Courcy Daily Mail Critic's Choice
‘Fascinating.’
Daily Telegraph
‘Sketches of fascinating figures, from Cecil Beaton and the Duchess of Windsor to Putzi Hanfstaengl, Hitler of course and Dr Goebbels.’
Selina Hastings, Spectator
‘Sharp, funny, debunking and assertive…’
David Sexton, Evening Standard Book of the Week
‘Stuffed with lives and letters.’
Valerie Grove The Times
‘An Intimate portrait of an aristocratic extremist.’
Sunday Business Post
