Below Stairs
The Bestselling Memoirs of a 1920s Kitchen Maid
$27.72
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2011
Summary
Arriving at the great houses of 1920s London, fifteen-year-old Margaret’s life in service was about to begin… As a kitchen maid - the lowest of the low - she entered an entirely new world; one of stoves to be blacked, vegetables to be scrubbed, mistresses to be appeased, and even bootlaces to be ironed. Work started at 5.30am and went on until after dark. It was a far cry from her childhood on the beaches of Hove, where money and food were scarce, but warmth and laughter never were.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780330535380 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0330535382 |
| Author: | Margaret Powell |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Edition: | Unabridged |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2011 |
| Weight: | 162g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 15mm |
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About The Author
Margaret Powell
Margaret Powell was born in 1907 in Hove. Aged fifteen, she went into service as a kitchen maid, eventually progressing to the position of cook. In 1968 the first volume of her memoirs, Below Stairs, was published to instant success. She died in 1984.
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