Admirers and detractors use the same words to describe Jessica Mitford: subversive, mischief-maker, tease. But those who knew her best simply called her Decca. Born into one of Britain's most famous aristocratic families, at the age of 19 she ran away with Winston Churchill's nephew. Their elopement severed ties with her privilege, a rupture only exacerbated by the controversial life she would go on to lead for 78 years. Decca was not only defined by the history she witnessed, but helped to define that history.
