The Lady's Maid
My Life in Service
$34.25
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2011
Summary
A fascinating look at the life of a lady’s maid, and her spirited employer, in the first half of the 20th century.
“I was able to get on well with everyone below stairs and above, or so I thought until I began working for Lady Astor…”
In 1929, Yorkshire lass Rosina Harrison became personal maid to Lady Astor—the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat and wife of one of England’s wealthiest lords. Lady Astor was brilliant yet tempestuous, but outspoken Rose gave as …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091943516 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0091943515 |
| Author: | Rosina Harrison |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2011 |
| Weight: | 252g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 24mm |
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No fictional series would have dared present a story half so full of strife - and hate as well as love - as that of Rose and her mistress … The book is full of wry humour as well as splendid anecdotes which make it extremely jolly reading for those who don’t have to live through the experiences. The period touches are fascinating, ranging from the grim to the purely enjoyable – Antonia Fraser * Evening Standard *
Fascinating, outspoken, yet respectful, loving, yet indignant: a social document of mistress and maid, in station opposite, but in temperament equal … * Sunday Telegraph *
Unique insight into the splendours and miseries of Clivedon … stuffed with interesting and amusing anecdotes * Times Literary Supplement *
Emminently readable * Financial Times *
Fascinating and deliciously readable * New York Times Book Review *
A crackling comedy of manners … this combative but oddly affectionate relationships is the book’s centre. Surround it is a and a delectable assortment of tales about the habits of over-priviledged Britishers and the people who served them * Newsweek *
About 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 became a lady’s maid in 1918, and she was later lady’s maid to Lady Astor for 35 years. She later retired to Worthing where she died in 1989.
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