The Scandalous Lives of The Mitford Sisters
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- čas přidán 7. 10. 2023
- Welcome to Forgotten Lives! In today's episode we are looking into the life of the Mitford Sisters, six women from an aristocratic English family who gained fame in the 1930s. They were celebrated but also scandalous figures.
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Not only do you have an amazing soothing voice that keeps the viewer glued to listening, but you're in depth with the information. It's well put together, fascinating content. I can't believe I've only recently come across this channel. Currently binge watching the content as it's like trying to put down a really good book... Just one more chapter (video) and then the next comes on and I can't bring myself to press stop. Thank you so much for the immensely in depth research and wonderful work! I can see this becoming my favorite channel 😀
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I had never heard of the Mitford sisters, but I found it all so very interesting! It was well narrated and researched and the pictures were amazing!. What an incredible romp through history they had all done!🌟
Live near Chatsworth in Derbyshire and having a walk one day this old elegant woman walked down and we step aside to let her pass, she smile and said hello to mum, it was her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire (Deborah) even as a child I was struck by the beauty of her eyes, a real delicate light blue, even as a very old women she was stunningly beautiful.
Thank you for sharing👒❇
Beautiful and incredibly friendly! Her eye for design was really special as well.
So many rude comments about the narrator's voice! He's really good and it is unique. Please don't get discouraged
He’s the reason I watch these, so calming but still engaging compared to other CZcamsrs.
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So very much better than the AI voices. I found his narration excellent.
I love his voice! It's very quaint and regal. If people don't like it, don't listen...
Deborah, after she became the Duchess of Devonshire, almost single-handedly saved Chatsworth House from being sold because of crippling inheritance tax. She was a lady in every single way and was universally loved and admired. She is much missed.
Chatsworth, my favorite place in England and made famous in Pride and Prejudice.
Movies padded their coffers a great deal!$$$$
She was as beautiful as intelligent.
An amazing lady. Proud to have worked for her in the '60s. Her "Wait for Me" is a wonderful read.
Oh Deborah was the fascist correct? Then they move to South Africa and prejudice racists against the black south Africans. Hmm.. 🧐 🤔
Seems like she was the only one that wasn't a fascist.
I’ve been fascinated by the Mitfords for decades and have read books about them and by them. Thank you for beautifully researched and narrated presentation … extremely well done … the photos are amazing … what a phenomenal job,🏆🎖️
I watched this because of the length of video. I never watch short videos as I feel you learn nothing worth knowing about the person/people. This was very enjoyable. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love your calm professional voice. Keep up the good work
Thank you! Will do!
Thanks so much for putting the sisters in one complication. I loved watching each individually, but this really made each sister come together, and their individual personalities so much more intriguing. 🥰
Complication? A Freudian slip?
Accurate in any case.
Compilation.....
Imagine having your daddy issues play out towards Hitler, of all people 🙅🏿♀🙅🏿♀🤦🏿♀
Right!? Ewww
The way she describes being a fascinated 24-year-old shows ignorant hero-worship.
Hitler had a girlfriend 😱so weird!!
That was very well done. I have heard of the Mitford sisters before, as they come up now and then in different documentaries, but all in all, I knew very little about them. They were all so different in looks and personalities, but all beautiful women, lived in different countries, met so many famous people, had tragedies, lost babies... and most published books. I'm the oldest of 5 sisters so that was very interesting. We live in 3 different countries, one disabled and loving horses similar to the second sister, Pamela, and two of us publishing books. Really fascinating documentary on large family dynamics.
It was good to rewatch all the episodes again in a single sitting.
Apart from anything else, what struck me most was how good the editing was. Not just in how you put together images on the screen, but also the way in which you curated information. There's a hell of a lot of information out there on the Mitfords and you did a superb job in selecting everything that was necessary so that their stories could be understood as a whole.
In fact, it stands up better than most of the documentaries I've watched about the sisters. And that's no small feat (I've watched and read a LOT about and by the Mitfords over the years).
So well done. This was very good indeed. And thank you for taking the time to put everything together as a single documentary.
I hope you get tonnes and tons of views - you deserve them.
Thanks very much, I really appreciate it :)
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I felt I was watching a movie. So nicely told. Thank you so much for sharing this story with us.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely fascinating, thoroughly researched and most informative.
I found this so interesting , so glad I found this channel - Everything was so well done , great job. 👏👏👏
Welcome aboard! Thanks!
I love listening to and looking at historical videos. Its a much needed break from crime drama channels and movie/series recaps. New subbie.
....and your voice is perfect for the subject matter. And an overall breath of fresh air in the hoards of AI generated voices that mix the genders of the characters and mispronounces simple words. 👍
the Narrator did a great job.Very clear and very easy to understand.The Mitfords Parents definitely got a mixed bunch.😮😊
I admire a person from another country who is able to speak clearly in a foreign language. I normally admire I envy is such a person. Thank you for doing a wonderful job❤
I believe that he’s a native English speaker.
wow! way to tell everyone you're ignorant and super proud of the fact.
Brilliant and fascinating documentary. I was immersed from the opening! Thank you for all the work you put into this. Decades of history from differing viewpoints, all in one family! I had to stop what I was doing to finish watching this and it was worth it.
I’ve read a lot about the Mitford sisters, as well as their own writings. This is a very good and accurate episode.
Thank you:)
I love this man's voice.. easy to follow and so deeply informative..I could listen for hours
I have been fascinated by the Mitford sisters since my mum was reading a book on them when I was 7 years old and I sneakily read some of the book, I am now in my 50s . This documentary is totally brilliant and I utterly love your voice ❤
I loved this video! Well done! I don’t mind a long one once in a while. It feels like a TV documentary when it is an hour which is fine 😊
An all 'round, really excellent job you've done on the Mitford Sisters. So well researched and edited. Thank you so much for this great documentary!
Thank you kindly!
@@ForgottenLives You're very welcome!
OMG I've only got 25 minutes in and I'm exhausted the amount of information that you pack into this is unbelievable! What a fascinating family! What great comprehensive information! Your voice is loving me to sleep! It's a good thing you don't have your face on here too or else I would never be able to concentrate and absorb any of this information.❤❤
My grandmother knew Unity, apparently she was terribly flatulant
I would love if like 100 years from now someone made a comment like this about me from a 3rd person account. It's so freaking funny. My legacy.
Excellent video! Great perspective on all the sisters, and the comparisons of their political lives was great. You did one of the best jobs I've ever seen on them. Kudos! :)
That was a great journey through the life of the sisters. I’ve read about them before but your details of each sister and their relationships were great. I understood their stories much better. Thank you! I always enjoy listening to your voice,
What an amazing life! Diana was born in 1910 and died in the year of 2003!
Two completely different ages, different eras...
Finally! Very in-depth and educational. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you!
Three pots of espresso and this interesting video started my day! I do like what you are doing.
I purchased a book about the Milford sisters from a goodwill store. The book is based mainly on the letters they wrote to each other throughout their life. I had no idea who these sisters were but thought that it would make an interesting read. By watching this video I now have a basic idea. This book is about 800 pages.
It’s worth it. They are a fascinating family.
I read that book a couple years ago, and I still think about the sisters. You'll like it.
The letters are amazing. I have reread them so many times. A fascinating family!
That sounds so interesting! What is the title of the book or the author, if you don’t mind me asking?
@@jennifersharp6209 It’s called “ The Mitfords , letters between 6 sisters” by Charlotte Mosley. Hope you can get it somewhere as it’s such an historic insight !
The whole way through?! I usually watch your videos two or three times and then several months later I watch them again to refresh my memory.😊
Really really well done video, I enjoyed this immensely.
Glad to hear it!
Love these longer vids, wish there were more as your content is always so interesting.
Thank you.
Thank you for your videos ❤
I really enjoy hearing them and do so every day 😊
"...and the other one." Pamela, while unremarkable, lived a long and happy life.
I mean... same. Hopefully.
Don’t you mean Debora ?
No, Pamela Mitford was a countrywoman at heart and worked with animals and living a quiet rural life with great contentment
It seems to me that having no obvious affiliations or connections to the other women in that family wd be quite an accomplishment in itself.
@@jezebelproudfoot4976I am VERY distantly related to the Mitford clan. This goes back to the time of William😢 the Conqueror.
Thank you excellent research on this video! I enjoy the longer videos as well as the shorter ones.😃👍👍♥️
Wow! So happy I found this video! What a great narration, thanks for your time and effort :)
Great documentary! I’d not heard of the Sisters, only Chatsworth House and a few of the books - you brought it all together. 👍🏻👍🏻
Excuse me for saying this, there are times I have to listen to your post twice because I am so very pleased listening to your voice I’m not paying attention to the story😂
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Thank You for making a very interesting documentary. I enjoyed how you followed each sister's life's.
Glad you enjoyed it!
That was a very interesting video. Thanks for all your effort in putting it together.
Wonderful story telling.. incredible detail of an incredible family..thank you very much for such a great effort, research..and yes please..more long content for sure.
So nice of you, thanks 😊
Bravo on your superb and accomplished chronicle about the controversial Mitford sisters. Merci beaucoup.
Yassss!! Long episode! I always think your episodes are too short. This is a perfect subject matter to explore. Please do an hour long on hildegard von bingen. 🙏 she's too forgotten.
This was a fascinating listen! I really enjoyed hearing about their lives, because I didn’t know much about them prior to this. 😊
Very interesting and informative. Thank you for posting this!❤
I had never heard of the Mitford sisters and their colored lived. Your compilation, editing of their lives, pleasing vocal inflection,pronunciation, and enunciation create a compelling presentation which I continued to listen and watch for its entirely in once session!
This is a FABULOUS documentary!! Fascinating! Pls do many more like this.
Really well made video and I love that it's a story being told not biased ! And imposing opinion. Rare these days! Thank you !
Wow. That was fantastic. I had read some of Jessica’s books years ago and I was aware of the family but this provided a lot of fascinating. New detail. Excellent work. Thank you.
I love your videos and the way you present the lives of each unique person. ❤️ Thank you.
Another fascinating story, thanks for all your research and hard work
Thank you for sharing with us such an excellent story.
& we’re only halfway through!❤ 12:34
Very well done. I just finished The Mitford Affair, by Marie Benedict, and this CZcams rounds it out with more details. Thank you for your wonderful voice, starting from the beginning of the first child, Nancy, and the ending of Deborah.
This production is incredible. Your narrative & backstory 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻‼️
Thanks so much!
Very informative and very well narrated with relevant footage. Thank you!
Absolutely informative,brilliant presentation!
This was very interesting. I knew of them vaguely, but not the full history. Thank you.
I read about them twenty years ago starting with Diana and moved onto biographies about the rest. I've read Nancy's nonfiction as well. Definitely an eccentric family and very interesting but also a sad tale too.
Weren’t they related to the current royal family, through the Queen’s (may her soul rest in peace), mother?
@@murasakinomorado7210 yes distantly I believe. Most of the aristocracy in the UK are related and several times over in some cases.
Eccentric? Despicable
@@YeshuaKingMessiah their children didn't go to school, they grew most of their own food, the mother did hens and used the egg money to launch her daughters into society. They weren't affluent by any means. The Milford children were so ignorant about the world and life in general. Aside from politics, they were considered to be the weirdest family in the UK.
Very entertaining and I cannot wait to see what you have to watch! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for 1hr plus of great listening pleasure. Amazing work on this history. Great video indeed!
Glad you enjoyed it!
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Yes i did, as always!
Ty for always sharing an putting in the work for us ty
Always!
Wonderfully measured and informative set of biographies.
Unity’s obsession with Hitler is wildly ironic considering her given name.
Hitler was Ugly! Yuk!
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Unity’s middle name was Valkyrie and she was born in the Canadian town of Swastika!
The sisters were trouble makers :
All due to their affluent lifestyle
when growing up :
Their parents had a NO
qualities in child rearing and
they had all that free time on their
hands that money gave them :
Yet didn't give their children the
attention nor values that a
parent teaches their child in
everyday normal circumstances!!
Exactly
Rich ppl destroying society
That’s all
If you'd call Jessica Mitford, successful journalist and popular author a troublemaker ?
Such great content! Thank you
This one is your best one yet 👏🏼
Yes, it was very interesting. Thank you, I really enjoyed it 😊
Really excellent video! I thoroughly enjoyed it. Well done done!
Thank you for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Enjoyed this very much. Thank you!
Excellent presentation and so much information I learned. I had no idea of the sisters other than bits associated with Hitler.
New subscriber and looking forward to learning. I enjoyed the long version, keeps me stimulated while working.
Well done you 🍷
Very much enjoyed this video!
Couldn't sleep last night. Found your video it was wonderful. Loved every minute.😊
So glad!
Highly recommended. Very interesting and well edited.
Much appreciated!
I really enjoy your channel, you are an excellent storyteller.
Holy cow, I love The American Way of Death. I had *ZERO" idea there was anything interesting in the life of the author. Fascinating.
Much enjoyed. Well researched. Thank you!
I watched the while way thru. Good doc!😊
Thanks I would have never heard of the people you tell us about.. thanks again looking foward to your next one
Please accept my kudos for a well-done documentary. Besides your soothing voice, I appreciate that the background music is subdued and appropriate. Subbed.
Wonderful documentary thank you! I have never heard of the Mitford sisters or their family. You have a very pleasant voice, and every word was easily understood by this Yank. I have just subscribed to your channel, and I’m looking forward to more content from you. God bless. John from Texas.
Very glad to hear that, thanks 😊
I am not sure how this ended up in my suggestions but I certainly am glad about it. This is a great story. And the young man who is narrating it is fantastic. Thank you for this. I had no idea about these sisters.
Very glad to hear that, welcome to the channel :)
I actually read “The American Way of Death” and “The American Way of Birth”, both very good. Eye-opening.
Firstly, yes, I'd love longer videos like this. Your narration is wonderful to listen to.
Secondly, this was absolutely fascinating. I'd never heard of these sisters before and now I'm like, "If it hasn't yet, their lives need to be made into a TV show. I'd watch the hell out of that." Thanks for sharing their stories with us.
Terrific research. Your work can’t be faulted and you have an incredible insight into the most interesting subjects
Very glad to hear it 😁
Very well done and researched. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for this video. Very interesting.
Very well done 👏🏾 thank you so very much!
Great video thanks for posting
Fantastic job, as always. ❤❤❤
To me, Debo was the true Legend of The Mitford Sisters!!
Fascinating stuff. Thankyou so much.
Hello Forgotten Lives, I have to catch up on this compilation of the Mitford sisters. I'm sorry for being late, but I'm here now listening with my mum. 😁
Excellent work!
Absolutely wonderful video...tysm
Such a tragic, devastating case. May Holly and Jessica RIP ❤ Thank you for this podcast 🙏🏽
Absolutely brilliant. Thank you!
This is an amazing documentary. As much as people might have said that Diana was the prettiest, I think Pamela’s and Deborah’s beauty was more than just looks but also who they was.
Totally agree with you! I especially love that Pamela was so keenly drawn to the country life.