A fascinating insight into British upper class society between the wars, but ultimately I couldn't get past the fact that the author was so sympathetic of Unity and Diana's fascist politics whilst being much less tolerant of Decca's communist views. Not that Decca was a saint: some of her behaviour was appalling, maybe reflecting an upper class view of entitlement? That wasn't really discussed, just reported. I can't help feeling that Pam, the least visited of the lot, and the least "exciting" might have been the nicest to know.