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Fanny Wincham has lived contentedly for years as housewife to an absent-minded Oxford don, Alfred. Her life changes overnight when her beloved Alfred is appointed English Ambassador to Paris. Soon she finds herself mixing with royalty and Rothschilds while battling her hysterical predecessor, Lady Leone, who refuses to leave the premises. When Fanny's tender-hearted secretary begins filling the embassy with rescued animals and her teenage sons run away from Eton and show up with a rock star in tow, things get entirely out of hand. -- adapted from back cover
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Don't Tell Alfred, Nancy Mitford, Selina Hastings
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- Released
- 2010
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- Title
- Don't Tell Alfred
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Nancy Mitford, Selina Hastings
- Publisher
- Random House Inc
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN13
- 9780307740847
- Series
- Radlett and Montdore
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Humor, Classics, France, British Literature, 20th century, Great Britain, London
- Rating
- 3.35 out of 5
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- Fanny Wincham has lived contentedly for years as housewife to an absent-minded Oxford don, Alfred. Her life changes overnight when her beloved Alfred is appointed English Ambassador to Paris. Soon she finds herself mixing with royalty and Rothschilds while battling her hysterical predecessor, Lady Leone, who refuses to leave the premises. When Fanny's tender-hearted secretary begins filling the embassy with rescued animals and her teenage sons run away from Eton and show up with a rock star in tow, things get entirely out of hand. -- adapted from back cover