The Mitford Affair is written by one of my favorite authors, Marie Benedict. It is a historical novel about a topic and family I had never heard of before. So that combined with the fact that it is just written to pull the reader in, the subject material is also fascinating.
The Mitford family lives in Britain in the 1920-30s. The Mitford sisters are well liked and are part of the best social circles. The oldest sister, Diane is beautiful and married to a very important and wealthy man. Then she divorces her husband and gets involved with a fascist leader. Unity is the most quiet and plain sister, with questionable political views. She becomes enamored of the German chancellor rising to power, Adolf Hitler. Sister Nancy is clever and an author, who watches her sisters becoming more and more involved in the atrocities happening in Germany. She writes a novel using her sisters and their friends in a thinly veiled call to action.
This novel shows the power of words to hold sway over people. Also the need for love and attention to draw people together and pull them apart. A look at how the people were drawn in by Hitler and Mussolini.
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