Social fairs, bridges, the quest for the right party, courtesy visits between people from the same universe, and balls presented to young girls worldwide. With all its quarters of nobility, a family of old stock, whose central figure is Lady Monroe, a willful woman, gossip, viper's tongue, and the monster of selfishness. The narrator, Fanny, is a poor relative, young first, having always had one foot in the Hampton clan's very select universe. Love in a cold climate is a curtain raised on the great theatre, the universe of the happy few English high societies of the 1930s.
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. 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. 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. But Polly, with her stunning good looks and impeccable connections, is bored by the monotony of her glittering debut season in London. Polly Hampton has long been groomed for the perfect marriage by her mother, the fearsome and ambitious Lady Montdore. 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. Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here
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