Hons and Rebels

First published in 1960, Jessica Mitford’s autobiography is an account of the enclosed and eccentric childhood through which Nancy, Diana, Pam, Unity, Decca and Debo lived. In writing of their upbringing between the wars she also writes of her own commitment to communism and of her elopement to the Spanish Civil War with Esmond Romilly. Jessica Mitford is the author of “The American Way of Death” and has recently published a biography of Grace Darling entitled “Grace had an English Heart”.

Author Biography

Jessica Mitford was the fifth of the six Mitford daughters and always the rebel among her sisters – Nancy, Pam, Diana, Unity and Debo. At the age of 19 she eloped to the Spanish Civil War with her cousin, Esmond Romilly and the two of them moved to the US in 1939. Esmond Romilly died in action in 1941 and Jessica later married Bob Treuhaft, a lawyer, with whom she lived in California. A one-time member of the American Communist Party, Jessica was a frequent target for the House Committee of Un-American Activities and was a passionate supporter of civil rights.

Previous titles:

The American Way of Death Revisited (Bfmt Dec 00);

Hons and Rebels;

Grace Had an English Heart;

Poison Penmanship;

Daughters and Rebels: An Autobiography;

The Making of a Muckraker;

A Fine Old Conflict