Description
Before Diana Mitford’s disgrace as a social pariah she was a celebrated member of the Bright Young Things moving at the centre of 1920s and ’30s London high society. She was a muse to many: Helleu painted her James Lees-Milne worshipped her Evelyn Waugh dedicated a book to her and Winston Churchill nicknamed her `Dina-mite’. As the young wife of Bryan Guinness heir to the Guinness brewing empire she lived a gilded life until fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley turned her head. Unpublished letters diaries and archives bring an unknown Diana to life creating a portrait of a beautiful woman whose charm and personality enthralled all who met her but the discourse of her life would ultimately act as a cautionary tale. This groundbreaking biography reveals the woman behind the myth.
