Gentlemen's Gentlemen
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From Boot Boys to Butlers, True Stories of Life Below Stairs
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 storis 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' behaviour - and the occasion when a hot potato dropped down a lady's decolletage at a veryexclusive supper party . . .Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9780751564006
- Author: Rosina Harrison
- Pub date: 10.11.15
- RRP: $44.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
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.