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  • Tales of Old Japan

    (Illustrated)

    by A. B. Mitford ...
    The member of a distinguished British literary family, A. B. Mitford traveled widely with his parents as a youth and lived in various European countries. From 1866-70, he served as an attaché with the British legation at Edo (Tokyo) — one of the first foreign diplomats to do so. During his brief stay there, Mitford lived through a period of dramatic and tumultuous change in Japanese history. A ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Japanese Legends and Folklore

    Samurai Tales, Ghost Stories, Legends, Fairy Tales, Myths and Historical Accounts

    by A.B. Mitford ...
    Japanese Legends and Folklore invites English speakers into the intriguing world of Japanese folktales, ghost stories and historical eyewitness accounts. With a fascinating selection of stories about Japanese culture and history, A.B. Mitford—who lived and worked in Japan as a British diplomat—presents a broad cross section of tales from many Japanese sources. Discover more about practically every ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Tales of Old Japan

    by A. B. Mitford ...
    Compiled by a British diplomat and published in 1871, "Tales of Old Japan" is an anthology of short stories that makes earlier centuries of Japanese life vibrantly immediate to the contemporary reader. They focus on various facets of everyday existence in ancient Japan, from numerous rituals, like hara-kiri and marriage, to sermons and fairy tales indicative of desirable traits and warnings needed ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Pursuit of Love

    by Nancy Mitford ...
    Narrated by Bessie Carter ...
    Series series Radlett and Montdore Trilogy

    Unabridged

    7 hours 38 min

    Mitford's most enduringly popular novel, The Pursuit of Love is a classic comedy about growing up and falling in love among the privileged and eccentric.Mitford modeled her characters on her own famously unconventional family. We are introduced to the Radletts through the eyes of their cousin Fanny, who stays with them at Alconleigh, their Gloucestershire estate. Uncle Matthew is the blustering ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tales of Old Japan

    The Forty-Seven Ronin and Other Tales

    by A. B. Mitford ...
    The forty-seven ronin, the ghost stories, the sermons and an eyewitness account of a ritual suicide the author was required to attend as a British diplomat. Mitford was in Japan in the first years after the country opened and wrote down what he was shown before anyone else could. This edition is bound with a gallery of 25 plates by painters including Utagawa Kunisada, Utagawa Hiroshige and Itō ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Don't Tell Alfred

    by Nancy Mitford ...
    Narrated by Adjoa Andoh ...
    Series series Radlett and Montdore Trilogy

    Unabridged

    8 hours 11 min

    In this delightful comedy, Fanny—the quietly observant narrator of Nancy Mitford's two most famous novels—finally takes center stage.Fanny Wincham—last seen as a young woman in The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate—has lived contentedly for years as housewife to an absent-minded Oxford don, Alfred. But her life changes overnight when her beloved Alfred is appointed English Ambassador to ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Love in a Cold Climate

    by Nancy Mitford ...
    Narrated by Zoe Telford ...
    Series series Radlett and Montdore Trilogy

    Unabridged

    2 hours 23 min

    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, ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hons and Rebels

    A journalist paints a portrait of her legendary English aristocratic family in this memoir “full of downright hilariousness, crackling brash humor, and enchanting turns-of-the-phrase” (San Francisco Chronicle).“Reads like extravagantly mannered fiction, except that it is all fabulously true . . . touching and wildly funny.” —TatlerJessica Mitford, the great muckraking journalist, was part of a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Tales of Old Japan

    Folklore, Fairy Tales, Ghost Stories and Legends of the Samurai

    by A. B. Mitford ...
    The member of a distinguished British literary family, A. B. Mitford traveled widely with his parents as a youth and lived in various European countries. From 1866-70, he served as an attaché with the British legation at Edo (Tokyo) — one of the first foreign diplomats to do so. During his brief stay there, Mitford lived through a period of dramatic and tumultuous change in Japanese history. A ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Tales of Old Japan

    by A.B. Mitford ...
    "One of the first and in many ways still one of the best books on Japan." —The Japan TimesFirst published in 1871, Tales of Old Japan has withstood the test of time and taken its place as one of the classic volumes of Japanese literature.The book presents a broad cross section of Japanese prose-historical tales like the famous story of the Fortyseven Ronin; nonfiction reporting on marriage, ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Tales of Old Japan

    by A. B. Mitford ...
    Tales of Old Japan makes earlier centuries of Japanese life vibrantly immediate to the contemporary reader. They focus on various facets of everyday existence in ancient Japan, from numerous rituals, like marriage, to sermons and fairy tales and tales of samurai warriors. Regarded as an authoritative text on Japanese culture and literature, it greatly influenced Western perceptions of Japanese ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Madame de Pompadour

    by Nancy Mitford ...
    Venture to 18th-century Versailles and meet one of the most powerful women in French history in this historical biography of King Louis XV’s most famous mistress-advisor.When Madame de Pompadour became the mistress of Louis XV, no one expected her to retain his affections for long. A member of the bourgeoisie rather than an aristocrat, she was physically too cold for the carnal Bourbon king, and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD