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By Princess WeekesApr 26th, 2021, 4:31 pm Last week, the trailer for upcoming BBC miniseries period drama The Pursuit of Love was released, and being the literary nerd that I am, once I saw that it was based on a book written by a woman, I ended up going into a deep dive about the author, Nancy Mitford. Nancy Mitford was part of a scandalous and celebrated family where she was one of six sisters (and one brother) whose paths in life all took interesting turns during and following World War II...

10 Black Sheep Of Famous Families All families have that one member who brings down the family name. The so-called black sheep goes against what’s expected of them and earns a reputation the family could do without. Some black sheep brought shame on their legacy by committing horrible crimes, while others simply broke away from tradition and tried to forge their own paths. Either way, the prominence of their family only brought more attention to their actions. 10Thomas Edison Jr. Regardless ...

Renee Ghert-Zand is a reporter and feature writer for The Times of Israel. January 6, 1932 cover of The Sketch featuring (Clockwise from top left) Unity, Jessica, Diana and Nancy Mitford (Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) Downton Abbey author Jessica Fellowes (Emilia Gutierrez) The Mitford family, 1928 (Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Clockwise from top left (and in order of age): Nancy Mitford, Pamela Mitford, Diana Mitford, Unity Mitford, Jessica Mitfo...

Writing about Munich in Mein Kampf, Hitler declared: ‘Not only has one not seen Germany if one does not know Munich – no, above all, one does not know German art if one has not seen Munich’. 1 Hitler had a heartfelt love for Munich, a city he claimed was the most German city he knew. Hitler was twenty-four years old when he moved to Munich from his native Austria in May 1913. The remaining years of his life were closely intertwined with the history of the Bavarian capital. Munich is wher...

Britains most famous aristocratic supermodel Stella Tennant has died suddenly at the age of 50 after gracing the fashion world with stand-out androgynous looks during her 1990s modelling heyday. But while Scottish-born Stella commanded attention for all the right reasons, past members of her family werent as fortunate - with their scandalous escapades shocking polite society.  Stella was the granddaughter to Deborah Mitford - one of the well-known aristocratic siblings who made headlines thr...

Was granddaughter of Deborah Mitford, one of well-known aristocratic sisters The Mitford sisters were raised in the Cotswolds to Lord and Lady Redesdale  Six daughters went on to shock polite society with impulsive, scandalous lives Britains most famous aristocratic supermodel Stella Tennant has died suddenly at the age of 50 after gracing the fashion world with stand-out androgynous looks during her 1990s modelling heyday. But while Scottish-born Stella commanded attention for all the right...