Gentlemen's Gentlemen
From Boot Boys to Butlers, True Stories of Life Below Stairs
$44.21
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2015
Summary
You’ve read tales of lady’s maids and cooks, housekeepers and nannies, but now it’s time to hear from the other side of life as a servant. From the lamp boy to the butler, here are the fascinating stories from the men below stairs.
This treasure-trove of memories, collected together by Rosina Harrison, bestselling author of The Lady’s Maid, includes the night the ill-fated Edward VIII came to dinner; the time Charlie Chaplin scandalised the servants with his ‘familiar’ behavi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751564006 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0751564001 |
| Author: | Rosina Harrison |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2015 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 131mm x 21mm |
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Fascinating
Fascinating - Sunday Telegraph
True and firsthand glimpses of a rich aristocratic life that is now all but dead - Sunday ExpressAbout The Author
Rosina Harrison
Rosina Harrison (known as Rose) was born in Aldfield, North Yorkshire, in 1899. Her mother was a laundry maid and her father a stonemason. Rose went into service in 1918, and she was later a lady’s maid to Lady Astor for thirty-five years. She later retired to Worthing where she died in 1989.
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