Book Description
One of Nancy Mitford's most beloved novels, Love in a Cold Climate is a sparkling romantic comedy that vividly evokes the lost glamour of aristocratic life in England between the wars.
Polly Hampton has long been groomed for the perfect marriage by her mother, the fearsome and ambitious Lady Montdore. But Polly, with her stunning good looks and impeccable connections, is bored by the monotony of her glittering debut season in London. Having just come from India, where her father served as Viceroy, she claims to have hoped that society in a colder climate would be less obsessed with love affairs. The apparently aloof and indifferent Polly has a long-held secret, however, one that leads to the shattering of her mother's dreams and her own disinheritance. When an elderly duke begins pursuing the disgraced Polly and a callow potential heir curries favor with her parents, nothing goes as expected, but in the end all find happiness in their own unconventional ways.
My Review
This is the 2nd book in Nancy Mitford's trilogy. I read this one after The Pursuit of Love which I prefer to this one. Both these books gives us a great insight into ladies in waiting before WWII. The themes in this book are love, marriage, tradition and snobbery of the British upperclass. Fanny Wincham, serving as narrator in both of these books and she is very believable. Mitford has great wit and humor in portraying her characters which makes the book very entertaining. I would recommend these books to those who enjoy Evelyn Waugh and Jane Austen.
One of Nancy Mitford's most beloved novels, Love in a Cold Climate is a sparkling romantic comedy that vividly evokes the lost glamour of aristocratic life in England between the wars.
Polly Hampton has long been groomed for the perfect marriage by her mother, the fearsome and ambitious Lady Montdore. But Polly, with her stunning good looks and impeccable connections, is bored by the monotony of her glittering debut season in London. Having just come from India, where her father served as Viceroy, she claims to have hoped that society in a colder climate would be less obsessed with love affairs. The apparently aloof and indifferent Polly has a long-held secret, however, one that leads to the shattering of her mother's dreams and her own disinheritance. When an elderly duke begins pursuing the disgraced Polly and a callow potential heir curries favor with her parents, nothing goes as expected, but in the end all find happiness in their own unconventional ways.
My Review
This is the 2nd book in Nancy Mitford's trilogy. I read this one after The Pursuit of Love which I prefer to this one. Both these books gives us a great insight into ladies in waiting before WWII. The themes in this book are love, marriage, tradition and snobbery of the British upperclass. Fanny Wincham, serving as narrator in both of these books and she is very believable. Mitford has great wit and humor in portraying her characters which makes the book very entertaining. I would recommend these books to those who enjoy Evelyn Waugh and Jane Austen.
