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Rearview Mirror Chronicles
Keith Hockton, FRAS, is a writer, publisher, and award-winning podcaster based in Penang, Malaysia, with a deep passion for uncovering the stories that shaped our world. As the Southeast Asia Editor for International Living magazine, Keith explores the intersections of history, culture, and modern life across the region.
A dynamic lecturer and storyteller, he speaks internationally on Southeast Asian politics, economics, and history—bringing the past to life with clarity, wit, and insight. Keith is also a proud Fellow of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland and is on a mission to make history not only accessible but genuinely entertaining for everyone.
His published books include:
• Atlas of Australian Dive Sites - Travellers Edition (Harper Collins Australia, 2003).
• Penang - An inside guide to its historic homes, buildings, monuments and parks (MPH Publishing, 2012; 2nd Edition 2014; 3rd Edition 2017).
• Festivals of Malaysia (Trafalgar Publishing, 2015).
• The Habitat Penang Hill: A pocket history (Entrepot Publishing, 2018)
• Alana and the Secret Life of Trees at Night (Entrepot Publishing, 2018)
• Penang Then & Now: A Century of Change in Pictures (Entrepot Publishing, 2019; 2nd Edition 2021
• Bersama Lima - Five Together (Entrepot Publishing, 2022)
www.entrepotpublishing.com
Rearview Mirror Chronicles
The Mitford Sisters - A Frivolity of Evil
They were born into privilege, raised for balls and debutante seasons—but the Mitford Sisters would become something far more dangerous than society darlings.
In the glittering 1920s, Diana Mitford was hailed as the most beautiful woman in England. But beneath the diamonds and designer gowns lurked a deadly fascination with power. She would marry Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists, and throw in her lot with a man who dreamed of dictatorship.
But it was her younger sister, Unity, who stepped off the edge entirely—obsessed with Hitler, she tracked him down in Munich and forced her way into his world. Soon, she was a regular at Nazi banquets, sitting beside Eva Braun and earning Hitler’s personal praise as a “perfect Aryan.” But was she more than just a friend? Was Unity his mistress? Was she carrying his child when she returned to Britain, broken and suicidal?
Why was she so enthralled by the violence of the SS? And how did two aristocratic Englishwomen become seduced by the most brutal ideology of the 20th century?
Join Keith as he peels back the layers of glamour, obsession, and betrayal to reveal the darkest chapter in the story of the Mitford Sisters.
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