Documentary novel about the Mitford sisters, whose name in the middle of the last century was a household name in England. Six sisters became the personification of various aspects of the twentieth century. Diana is the "face of English Nazism," the wife of the odious leader of the British fascists. Jessica is the "face of communism," fought in Spain, exposed politicians. Nancy led the boom in "women's writing." Unity idolized Hitler and after the outbreak of war tried to take her own life. Deborah, the epitome of British aristocracy, became obsessed with Elvis Presley.