Their continued popularity is due, in part, to two television adaptations. Mitford’s autobiographical novels have stood the test of time, entertaining several generations of readers. Nancy’s alter-ego is the lovely Linda, whose tragic affair with Fabrice parallels her own ill-fated romance with French colonel Gaston Palewski (to whom the book is dedicated). They called themselves “Hons” and held meetings in the “Hons Cupboard.” Jessica (fictionalized as Jassy) saved money to run away, Lord Redesdale had an “entrenching tool” that he had used in World War I against the Germans, and, like Lady Redesdale, Aunt Sadie held eccentric beliefs about diet and health. Like the Radletts, the real-life Freeman-Mitford children had their own secret language and wacky sense of humour.

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