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When the plays begin Nancy has yet to become a successful writer. Indeed, Lees-Milne helps her find a job in a bookshop (which she of course turns into a literary salon!). But her sharp intellect and turn of phrase are already much in evidence, as is her current obsession with the Scott expedition.

Nancy Freeman-Mitford, CBE (28 November 1904 – 30 June 1973), styled The Hon. Nancy Mitford before her marriage and The Hon. Mrs Peter Rodd thereafter, was an English novelist and biographer, one of the Bright Young People on the London social scene in the inter-war years. She is best remembered for her series of novels about upper-class life in England and France...