Jonathan Guinness
Autor von The House of Mitford
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Guinness, Jonathan
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Moyne, Jonathan Bryan Guinness, 3rd Baron
- Geburtstag
- 1930
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- UK
- Wohnorte
- Osbaston Hall, near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, UK
- Ausbildung
- Eton College
Oxford University - Berufe
- Journalist
Handelsbankkaufmann - Beziehungen
- Guinness, Desmond (brother)
Mitford, Diana (mother)
Mosley, Oswald (stepfather)
Mitford, Jessica (aunt)
Mitford, Nancy (aunt)
Devonshire, Deborah (aunt) (Zeige alle 9)
Moyne, Bryan Walter Guinness (father)
Moyne, Walter Edward Guinness (grandfather)
Blackwood, Caroline (cousin) - Organisationen
- Conservative Monday Club (Chairman)
- Kurzbiographie
- Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne, is the elder of the two sons of Bryan Guinness (2nd Baron Moyne) and his first wife Diana Mitford, later Lady Mosley. He worked as a journalist and as a merchant banker. His 1998 book Requiem for a Family Business gives an insider's account of the the Guinness brewery business.
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- Werke
- 2
- Mitglieder
- 255
- Beliebtheit
- #89,877
- Bewertung
- 4.0
- Rezensionen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 7
The most of the book, however, deals with the six sisters, Nancy, Pam, Diana, Unity, Jessica, and Deborah. A brother, Tom, was killed in 1945. Guinness has less to say about Pam, Jessica and Deborah because Pam was the "dull" one of the bunch, Jessica refused to talk to him when he was preparing the book, and Deborah was the youngest and not really in the picture for the drama of the war years. He spends the most time writing about his own mother and her partner in Fascism, Unity. I would not call his commentary "apology" exactly. He acknowledges that Hitler and his followers committed atrocities, but he also goes to some lengths to show that Diana and Unity did not see this side of the man. I confess to being chilled as I read about Diana and Mosley's visits after WWII to "the respectable remnants of European Fascism," including Peron (not European, but still...) and Franco's brother-in-law. In fact, to one accustomed to think of Sir Oswald Mosley as a jerk of the first order (thanks mainly to P.G. Wodehouse's fictionalized treatment of him), the respectful tenor of remarks about the Fascist and Nazi elite with whom Diana and Unity socialized is jarring. However kindly he paints her, Unity comes across as practically certifiable even before her suicide attempt, and Diana not much more balanced.
In short, Guinness provides a pretty candid look into the lives of a fascinating family and a good basis for further reading.… (mehr)