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Hello and welcome to Life of the Week, where leading historians delve into the lives of some of history's most intriguing and significant figures.

From ancient Egyptian pharaohs and medieval warriors to daring 20th century spies.

Like many families, the Mithfords emerged from the Second World War bearing scars.

Yet, as the world entered a new uncertain era, the sisters' knack for making headlines

showed no sign of abating. In our second Life of the Week episode on the Mitford Sisters, biographer Mary

S. Lovell joins Danny Bird again to unpack the personal and political divisions that shaped the

sisters post-war lives and revealing how they rubbed shoulders with some of the era's most famous people.

And if you haven't listened to Part one already, make sure you listen to that first. The Mithford's came out of the Second World War,

reeling from the death of the family's only son, Tom, who was killed in action in March 1945.

He's often overshadowed by his siblings, but I was wondering if you could tell me a little bit

about Tom and his relationship with his sisters.

The one thing about Tom was everybody worshipped him. All the girls absolutely loved him.

He didn't make enemies with anyone.

Of course, he was the apple of his father's eye. He was his heir.

And you can imagine when they had six girls, it must have been so lovely to have a son,

especially those girls.

So the odd thing about it, each one of those girls, no matter how different they were ideologically,

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