Kris Kristoffersen Dead

Kris has died at the age of 88 after long career as song writer, singer and actor. RIP. Kris was born in Brownville, Texas and spent time in the military. He was also a Rhodes scholar and became a janitor in Nashville to try to sell his songs.

Nancy Mitford V

The Alconleighs are upset by his running away, though Uncle Matthew is not too angry about it, as he admires him for being active at something, especially for fighting. Linda has become an ardent Communist, and supports Christian's beliefs. Lady Montfore is pleased with life.. she has Cedric for a companion and he takes her into livelier upper class society than she was used to. Lord Montdore is getting older and feebler and his wife positively encourages him to lead a quiet life, go to bed early and rarely go out. She has Cedric to amuse her. Polly's baby arrives, but it dies almost immediately. Fanny goes to see her and finds that she seems indifferent about the baby's death. Cedric and Lady Montdore come to visit and patch up the quarrel. Lady Montdore and Polly seem to get over their estrangement fairly easily. Fanny realises that Boy is very pleased to be friendly with Lady Montdore again. Polly is bored with him and he has missed her. Fanny can also see that Cedric is taking an interest in this new friend. Lady Montdore seems to be a little in love with Cedric herself but she is not aware of his true sexuality, and does not understand about the young men he gives jobs to at Hampton. In spite of getting on again with her mother, Polly has moved on, emotionally. She has met the Duke of Paddington. His ancestor, a previous duke, is the subject of Boy's latest book.. He is an older man, and soon he falls in love with Polly... So she leaves Boy to marry him while Cedric takes up with Boy. We learn in another Mitford book that Polly loses her looks but has several children and is happy.. and that Lady Montdore dies just before the war. She had been persuaded by Cedric to have plastic surgery. He becomes the Earl, but goes abroad when the war breaks out, which annoys the local gentry. But he is not naturally soldier material. After the War, he permanently left England and settled in a sunny part of the world. Christian decides to go to France, to work with Spanish refugees and Linda joins him. When she gets there, she does her best to learn about welfare work. She meets Lavender Davis, her old neighbour at home, who works in the refugee camps. Soon she realises that Christian has fallen out of love with her and is now closer to Lavender..... She leaves the South of France, leaving a letter for her husband. But back in Paris, she finds that her rail ticket is out of date and she cannot get back to England. While she is sitting at the station, crying, she meets a middle aged, well dressed Frenchman who speaks English, and he takes her to lunch. He tells her that his name is Fabrice and that he is a duke, and well off.

Nancy Mitford Part IV

While Polly has moved abroad, Linda has left her husband. She met a young man living near the Kroesigs' home. He is Christian Talbot, a left wing but upper class man. Fanny worries that Linda has made a mistake again, as Christian, while a good man, is not interested in personal relationships. He won't be able to give Linda the love that she craves. Fanny sees quite a lot of Cedric, but overall she is happy leading a quiet life with her husband and 2 children... After a year or so, Polly and Boy decide to come back to England. She is pregnant and he is writing one of his snob books about an English duke, and they open up their modest estate, Silkins and go to live there. Fanny realises that Polly is no longer in love with Boy, that she soon became bored with him..and Davey tells her that Boy is now getting interested in boys rather than girls. Fanny is shocked, but is pleased to see Polly again. Lady Montdore has become a dropper in to her little house, and she does not have the toughness to snub her. Matt, the younger son of Lord Alconleigh runs away from school to go to fight in Spain on the Red side.

Nancy Mitford Novels Part III

Polly comes to stay at Alconleigh, after a big row with her mother, who insists that she will be cut out of her father's will. Lady Montdore is positively crazy with rage. Sadie, Lady Alconleigh is willing to help her neighbour by taking Polly in for a bit. She tries to talk Polly out of her determination to marry Boy. Polly says that Boy has a small income and he makes money with his coffee table books. Since Lord Montdore cannot leave her Hampton, she does not care about the family fortune. Lady Montdore is furious. Davey talks to Boy and realises that Boy is helpless in this situation. He flirted with her as a young girl and did not realise that he had made her fall for him. Polly and Boy marry, in a quiet ceremony, and go to live on the continent, where it's cheaper. Lady Montdore is very lonely without Boy and Polly. However, the family have reached out to Cedric Hampton, who was born in Canada. He is Lord Montdore's cousin and heir to the Earldom. His father had lived abroad for most of his life and the Montdores knew nothing about him. They had ignored his existence, before, because they had Polly but now she's gone. Cedric's parents are dead and he has left Canada, and is living in Paris. He is delighted to be offered a home at Hampton, and soon becomes fond of Lady Montdore and Fanny. He is artistic and enjoys the beautiful things in the house. He is also flamboyantly gay. Lord Montdore decides to leave him his fortune, since Lady Montdore does not want the money to go to Polly.