Playboys and fallen women: the wild aristocrats who inspired The Pursuit of Love
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...
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