The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict

Historical Fiction – Book

 

Novel Details

Author: Marie Benedict

Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark

Number of pages: 335

Year of publication: 2023

Novel Characteristics 

Authored by a woman

Published after 2000

Biographic fiction

Brief Response

This biographic historical fiction focuses on three of the six enigmatic Mitford sisters in the years leading up to World War II. This novel follows these three specific sisters due to ties to fascism, Nazism, and Adolf Hitler himself, and one sister's internal struggle as she decides what to do with her knowledge of two of her family members. This novel is slow, but each page gives more insight into a part of European history we tend to ignore. Recommended for fans of politics and history that contains some creative liberties.