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Playboys and fallen women: the wild aristocrats who inspired The Pursuit of Love Nancy Mitford's novel, freshly adapted for the BBC, drew heavily on her social circle – and in particular her own eccentric family 10 May 2021 • 10:06am The Pursuit of Love's Lord Merlin (Andrew Scott, centre) was inspired by Gerald Berners Credit: Robert Viglasky/BBC When it comes to novel The Pursuit of Love – a new adaptation of which began on BBC One last night, written and directed by Emily Mortimer – the description that springs to mind is “larger than life”. Ironic, then, that Nancy Mitfor...

Major General Lord Rennell, Chief of Civil Affairs in Sicily in 1943 Credit: Imperial War Museum When 48-year-old Francis Rodd, 2nd Lord Rennell, was appointed Chief Civil Affairs Officer of Allied occupied Sicily in 1943, he had a major bone of contention with the Americans. They had sacked all the Italian fascist officials but replaced them with local Mafia bosses. Some of the American officers were too close to the mobsters and the British administrator vowed to break their hold over the island. It was a dangerous task, but for Rennell, who left his career in the City to explore the Sahar...