Diana Mosley was the one but oldest of Mitford sisters. She wrote best-selling autobiography A Life of Contrasts and The Pursuit of Laughter. Her life has been the subject of three biographies. She first married Bryan Guinness and next Oswald Mosley, with both of whom she had two sons. She was a longstanding friend and neighbour of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and their neighbour in Paris.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1 A Young Lady from Baltimore2 Navy Wife3 The Little Prince4 Prince of Wales5 Divorce and Remarriage6 Ich Dien7 Mrs Simpson meets the Prince8 The Prince in Love9 Loved by a King10 Storm Clouds11 Abdication12 King into Duke13 Marriage14 The First Two Years15 War16 The Bahamas17 The Windsors in France18 The Brilliant Duchess19 Old Age20 Summing UpNotesIndex

'Irresistible. One controversial expatriate on another' Philip Mansel 'Diana Mosley writes with wit and intelligence and intimate knowledge of her subject.' Philip Ziegler 'A vivid portrait by one who knew and understood the subject well.' Michael Bloch

Diana Mosley was the one but oldest of Mitford sisters. She wrote best-selling autobiography A Life of Contrasts and The Pursuit of Laughter. Her life has been the subject of three biographies. She first married Bryan Guinness and next Oswald Mosley, with both of whom she had two sons. She was a longstanding friend and neighbour of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and their neighbour in Paris.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1 A Young Lady from Baltimore2 Navy Wife3 The Little Prince4 Prince of Wales5 Divorce and Remarriage6 Ich Dien7 Mrs Simpson meets the Prince8 The Prince in Love9 Loved by a King10 Storm Clouds11 Abdication12 King into Duke13 Marriage14 The First Two Years15 War16 The Bahamas17 The Windsors in France18 The Brilliant Duchess19 Old Age20 Summing UpNotesIndex

'Irresistible. One controversial expatriate on another' Philip Mansel 'Diana Mosley writes with wit and intelligence and intimate knowledge of her subject.' Philip Ziegler 'A vivid portrait by one who knew and understood the subject well.' Michael Bloch

Diana Mosley was the one but oldest of Mitford sisters. She wrote best-selling autobiography A Life of Contrasts and The Pursuit of Laughter. Her life has been the subject of three biographies. She first married Bryan Guinness and next Oswald Mosley, with both of whom she had two sons. She was a longstanding friend and neighbour of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and their neighbour in Paris.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1 A Young Lady from Baltimore2 Navy Wife3 The Little Prince4 Prince of Wales5 Divorce and Remarriage6 Ich Dien7 Mrs Simpson meets the Prince8 The Prince in Love9 Loved by a King10 Storm Clouds11 Abdication12 King into Duke13 Marriage14 The First Two Years15 War16 The Bahamas17 The Windsors in France18 The Brilliant Duchess19 Old Age20 Summing UpNotesIndex

'Irresistible. One controversial expatriate on another' Philip Mansel 'Diana Mosley writes with wit and intelligence and intimate knowledge of her subject.' Philip Ziegler 'A vivid portrait by one who knew and understood the subject well.' Michael Bloch