num_pages: 304
description: At the outbreak of WWII, Diana Mosley, the Mitford sister who grew up with the Churchills, was imprisoned after her husband, the British Fascist Leader, Sir Oswald Mosley, was arrested under the orders of Winston Churchill. In this work, she tells in her own words what motivated her life &amp; under what exceptional circumstances it took place, having known the two most powerful politicians of 20th-century Europe &amp; living with one of the most controversial British politicians in recent history.
language: English
title: A Life of Contrasts: An Autobiography
titlecomplete: A Life of Contrasts: An Autobiography
characters: Diana Mitford, Oswald Mosley
genres: History, World War II, Memoir, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, Biography, Nonfiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 588
publisher: Times Books (NYC)