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Pigeon Pie

  • Pigeon Pie

  • Set at the outbreak of World War II, Lady Sophia Garfield dreams of becoming a beautiful spy but manages not to notice a nest of German agents right under her nose. Until the murder of her maid and the kidnapping of her beloved bulldog force them on her attention, with heroic and absurd results.

    One of Mitford's earliest novels and written before Christmas 1939, Pigeon Pie is delivered with a touch lighter than that of her later masterpieces but no less entertaining. This comedy combines glamour, wit, and a fiendishly absurd plot into an irresistible literary confection.

    'This sparking and deliciously acid commentary of the social world.' - The Scotsman

RELEASED 30/09/2021

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The Pursuit of Love
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The Pursuit of Love
The Pursuit of Love
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Christmas Pudding
Christmas Pudding
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The Complete Novels
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Don't Tell Alfred
Don't Tell Alfred
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The Blessing
The Blessing
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Love in a Cold Climate
Love in a Cold Climate
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Wigs on the Green
Wigs on the Green
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The Penguin Complete Novels of Nancy Mitford
The Penguin Complete Novels of Nancy Mitford
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Frederick the Great
Frederick the Great
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Voltaire in Love
Voltaire in Love
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The Sun King
The Sun King
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Madame de Pompadour
Madame de Pompadour
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The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh
The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh , Nancy Mitford
Love in a Cold Climate
Love in a Cold Climate
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Penguin Modern Classics

Penguin Modern Classics

1263 Books

Nancy Mitford (1904-1973) was born in London, the eldest child of the second Baron Redesdale. She had written four novels, including Wigs on the Green (1935), before the success of The Pursuit of Love in 1945, which she followed with Love in a Cold Climate (1949), The Blessing (1951) and Don't Tell Alfred (1960). She also wrote four works of biography. Nancy Mitford was awarded the CBE in 1972.

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