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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

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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

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    Restoration London

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Debs at War

    1939-1945

    An extraordinary account - from firsthand sources - of upper class women and the active part they took in the WarPre-war debutantes were members of the most protected, not to say isolated, stratum of 20th-century society: the young (17-20) unmarried daughters of the British upper classes. For most of them, the war changed all that for ever. It meant independence and the shock of the new, and daily ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Sandringham Days

    The Domestic Life of the Royal Family in Norfolk, 1862-1952

    de John Matson ...
    This is a fascinating portrait of royal life at Sandringham, from the early life of Albert Edward to the modern day. Drawing on letters, diaries and contemporary reports, it is a rich exploration of the private lives of Britain's royal family. From family life at the estate to the first visit of Queen Victoria, the glittering parties of the early twentieth century and all the way up to the death ... Leer más

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  • Behind Closed Doors

    The Tragic, Untold Story of the Duchess of Windsor

    de Hugo Vickers ...
    An illuminating and moving portrait of Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, in her later years after the Duke’s death.The true story behind the film The Duchess and I, starring Isabella Rosselini and Joan CollinsAcclaimed biographer Hugo Vickers holds an encyclopedic knowledge of the Royal Family, but his his fascination with the Duchess of Windsor runs deeper, going back to his own youth. Long ... Leer más

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  • Kensington Palace

    An Intimate Memoir from Queen Mary to Meghan Markle

    de Tom Quinn ...
    For more than 300 years, Kensington Palace has played host to a colourful cast of kings, queens and assorted aristocratic hangers-on. A stone's throw from the bustling streets of central London, this grand building has served as the stage for some of the most dramatic and bizarre events in the history of the royal family.It was here that the young Queen Victoria was held a virtual prisoner for ... 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

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