The real Mitford Sisters - Decca 2

🌬️🏃‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️Rebellious Teenagers and the Great Escape 🚢 🚩

The rebellion has officially moved beyond the dinner table! In this episode, we follow Jessica "Decca" Mitford as she finally turns her "ballroom communism" into a full-blown spy thriller. With the help of Esmond Romilly and her running away fund, Decca officially becomes a "red sheep" on the run. 🟥🐑💨

Chapters: 

0:00:00 Intro & Recap

0:01:57 Decca’s chance to kill Hitler (she never met him, in the end)

0:07:38 Churchill's "Bad Boy" nephew: scandalous rumors

0:11:22 Esmond Romilly: Attacking the British Public School system

0:21:21 Esmond in the Spanish Civil War

0:28:28 Decca & Esmond - love at first flight 

0:37:53 Their Running Away Plan (a spy operation, really) 

0:46:25 Wrap & Outlook (the spy thriller continues in France)

For everyone who wants to dive deeper into Jessica Mitford's life, we recommend the following books:

• “Hons and Rebels” by Jessica Mitford (her first memoir)
• “A Fine Old Conflict” by Jessica Mitford (her second memoir)
• "Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford" by Carla Kaplan

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Tags: #MitfordSisters #JessicaMitford #SpanishCivilWar #WinstonChurchill #AdolfHitler #1930sEurope #TrueStories #TheMitfords #TrueHistory 

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