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  • Upstairs & Downstairs

    My Life In Service as a Lady's Maid

    'I THOUGHT I'D GONE TO A PRISON'This was Hilda Newman's first impression when, at the age of 19, she left her parents' little terraced cottage in Lincolnshire and embarked on a new life as a lady's maid at Croome Court, the enormous stately home of Lord and Lady Coventry.The year was 1935: the twilight of the English aristocracy. It was a time of wealth and glamour; of lavish balls and evening ... Leer más

    $5.39 USD

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    Upstairs & Downstairs

    My Life In Service as a Lady's Maid

    Narrado por Helen Lloyd ...

    Completo

    6 hora 25 minutos

    The year was 1935: the twilight of the English aristocracy. It was a time of wealth and glamour; of lavish balls and evening gowns; of tiaras and a coronation. As personal maid to Lady Coventry, Hilda Newman had a unique insight into the leisured life of one of Britain's most noble families. In her fascinating memoir of life upstairs and down, Hilda takes us back to this period between the wars; a ... Leer más

    $54.99 USD

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    Series Audiolibro 2 - Life of London

    Abreviado

    6 hora 29 minutos

    Making use of every possible contemporary source - diaries, memoirs, advice books, government papers, almanacs, even the Register of Patents - Liza Picard presents an enthralling picture of how life in London was really lived in the 1600s: the houses and streets, gardens and parks, cooking, clothes and jewellery, cosmetics, hairdressing, housework, laundry and shopping, medicine and dentistry, sex ... Leer más

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  • Over a Hot Stove

    Life below stairs in Britain's great houses: the charming memoirs of a 1930s kitchen maid

    de Flo Wadlow ...
    This delightful memoir provides a unique 'Upstairs, Downstairs'account of what life was really like in a bygone era.At the age of sixteen, Flo Wadlow left her family to begin what would become a distinguished life 'in service'. Starting as a kitchen maid in London, she soon rose through the ranks and worked at many of England's great houses including Woodhall in Hilgay where she met scullery maid ... Leer más

    $6.79 USD

  • Cocoa at Midnight

    The Housekeeper's Tale - the remarkable true story of life below stairs from Princess Diana's family housekeeper

    de Tom Quinn ...
    Series series True Stories of Life Below Stairs
    The must-read memoir from Kathleen Clifford, an English housekeeper who worked in the Spencer family home in the interwar years. Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs'My favourite gossips were William and Jimmy. I only got the chance to talk to them now and then as I spent most of my time hurtling round the kitchen trying not to upset the cook who was my immediate and ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Backstairs Billy

    The Life of William Tallon, the Queen Mother's Most Devoted Servant

    de Tom Quinn ...
    "William Tallon was a creature of extremes: though intensely loyal, he was also a dangerous risk-taker; though charming, he could also be vicious; though considerate and amusing, he could be ruthless and predatory. For much of his life he was driven by two demons: a powerful sex drive and an intense, almost pathological love for the Queen Mother…"From humble beginnings as a shopkeeper's son in ... Leer más

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  • The Cook's Tale

    The remarkable true story of life below stairs

    Series series True Stories of Life Below Stairs
    The must-read memoir from Nancy Jackman, a cook in interwar England. Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and Upstairs, DownstairsAn inspirational true story loved by readers:'To read Nancy's story in her own words was an absolute joy. The history, the humour, a perfect read of times gone by.' - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ READER REVIEW'Touching, funny, nostalgic. This book opens a door into a world long ago and is a gem ... Leer más

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  • On Duty With The Queen

    In this honest and entertaining book, Dickie Arbiter recounts his life's journey from a broadcast journalist to becoming a press spokesman to the Royal family, and back again to journalism. He discusses the inner workings of everyday life in Buckingham Palace, and what it was really like to work under the media spotlight with the most famous family in the world.Dickie Arbiter gives his personal ... Leer más

    $7.19 USD

  • The Maid's Tale

    The remarkable true story of life as an English maid

    Series series True Stories of Life Below Stairs
    'I felt like I was getting somewhere that evening. Sitting by the window sipping my tea and eating lovely iced buns, I'd come such a long way from Hoxton . . .''A wonderful trip down memory lane. I found the odd tear roll down my cheek . . . and there are moments of laughter throughout the book too, smiles and sighs, and even the odd grunt of disgust!' - READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Born in 1910, Rose ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Swallowcliffe Hall 1939: Isobel's Story

    Swallowcliffe Hall, #3

    Series Libro 3 - Swallowcliffe Hall
    It's 1939 and Isobel is visiting her grandmother, Polly, the housekeeper at crumbling Swallowcliffe Hall. Izzie's meant to be resting after a serious illness but with talk of war on everyone's lips, life is anything but peaceful, even deep in the English countryside. Izzie meets Andreas, a Jewish boy who has fled Nazi Germany on the Kindertransporte: the evacuation of thousands of Jewish children ... Leer más

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  • Swallowcliffe Hall 1893: Eugenie's Story

    Swallowcliffe Hall, #4

    Series Libro 4 - Swallowcliffe Hall
    For 'Downton Abbey' fans: a new title in the popular Swallowcliffe Hall series! This is the journal of Eugenie Vye: the prettiest debutante of the 1890 season, with hair she can sit on and a seventeen-inch waist – yet somehow three years later, still unmarried. Lord Vye's daughter might be thought to want for nothing, but life isn't easy on fifty guineas a year with a jealous stepmother watching ... Leer más

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  • Swallowcliffe Hall 1890: Polly's Story

    Swallowcliffe Hall, #1

    Series Libro 1 - Swallowcliffe Hall
    Polly Perkins can hardly believe her luck when she is taken on as under-housemaid at Swallowcliffe Hall. At first it's all she can do to keep up, with endless fires to be laid and beds to be made, never mind when guests arrive from London for a country house party. Will she ever feel at home in this grand old house, full of whispers and ghosts from the past? But friendship and comfort are found in ... Leer más

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