Nancy Mitford

Nancy Mitford (1904-1973) was the eldest of the "Mitford girls," the sisters who captured the attention of the English public and press with their literary talents and unpopular politics. Nancy Mitford herself was known for her novels, for her forays into social science, and for her biographies of famous figures from French history, including "Madame de Pompadour," " The Sun King," and "Voltaire in Love," all available from NYRB Classics. Liesl Schillinger is a book critic for "The New York Times" and writes on the arts for a variety of other publications, including "The New Yorker," "The New Republic," "The Washington Post," Newsweek, and "Vogue." Her translation of the novel "Every Day, Every Hour" by Natasa Dragnić, was published in May, 2012 by Viking.