NM
began the most serious affair of her life, with Colonel Gaston Palewski
, a member of the Free French
Forces, and adviser and future minister to General Charles de Gaulle
.
Mitford, Nancy. “Critical Materials”. Love from Nancy: The Letters of Nancy Mitford, edited by Charlotte Mosley, Hodder and Stoughton, 1993, p. various pages.
123, 527
Health
Nancy Mitford
At the end of 1968 (not long before Palewski
's marriage), NM
began to suffer from intense pain in her back and legs, which continued until her death; the symptoms were finally diagnosed as Hodgkin's...
Residence
Violet Trefusis
VT
received a telegram from Gaston Palewski
, de Gaulle
's Chief of Staff, reading: My dear friend, naturally your presence is part of Paris. A visa came with it.
qtd. in
Jullian, Philippe et al. Violet Trefusis: Life and Letters. Hamish Hamilton, 1976.
107
Residence
Nancy Mitford
The financial success of The Pursuit of Love allowed NM
to settle in Paris and continue her relationship with Gaston Palewski
.
Mitford, Nancy. “Critical Materials”. Love from Nancy: The Letters of Nancy Mitford, edited by Charlotte Mosley, Hodder and Stoughton, 1993, p. various pages.
123-4
Mitford, Nancy. Love from Nancy: The Letters of Nancy Mitford. Editor Mosley, Charlotte, Hodder and Stoughton, 1993.
163
Textual Features
Nancy Mitford
Linda Radlett, the heroine, with six siblings, larger-than-life older relatives, and an imposing family estate, reflects various facets of her creator's experience. The bitterly prejudiced and violently intolerant Lord Alconleigh or Uncle Matthew is famously...