Up and Down Stairs
The History of the Country House Servant
$41.06
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2010
Summary
Country houses were reliant on an intricate hierarchy of servants, each of whom provided an essential skill. Up and Down Stairs brings to life this hierarchy and shows how large numbers of people lived together under strict segregation and how sometimes this segregation was broken, as with the famous marriage of a squire to his dairymaid at Uppark. Jeremy Musson captures the voices of the servants who ran these vast houses, and made them work. From unpublished memoirs to letters, wag…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780719597305 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0719597307 |
| Author: | Jeremy Musson |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2010 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 26mm |
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This is Gosford Park as non-fiction, and utterly fascinating - Times Literary Supplement
Entertaining saga of the class divide - The Daily ExpressIntimate and absorbing study - The Sunday TimesArchitectural historian Masson brings alive the symbiotic relationship between the houses, their owners, and the workers. - Financial TimesMusson is excellent on the changing face of service in the twentieth century - SpectatorPersonal anecdotes bring this well-researched book to life - Mail on SundayA brilliantly readable book full of human history and entertaining anecdotes - Lancashire Evening PostHe retells the story at a cracking pace… we are reminded that all kinds of likely lads, including Chaucer, started out as paper pushers and cup bearers - GuardianAbout The Author
Jeremy Musson
Jeremy Musson is an architectural historian and was Architectural Editor of Country Life for 10 years. He is committed to engaging a wider public to the glories of historic buildings, and to exploring the influence of ideas about the past and preservation. He has written and edited hundreds of articles on historic country houses, from Garsington Manor to Knebworth House. He also presented Curious House Guest on BBC2 and is the author of two books, including How to Read a Country House. Jeremy is married with two children.
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