Gentlemen's Gentlemen by Rosina Harrison - ISBN: 9780751564006
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Upstairs and downstairs: men’s untold servant stories, scandal and secrets.

Gentlemen's Gentlemen

From Boot Boys to Butlers, True Stories of Life Below Stairs

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    10 November 2015

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Summary

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 stories 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’ behavi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780751564006
ISBN-10:0751564001
Author:Rosina Harrison
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Sphere
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:10 November 2015
Weight:230g
Dimensions:196mm x 131mm x 21mm
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Critics Review

Fascinating

Fascinating - Sunday Telegraph

True and firsthand glimpses of a rich aristocratic life that is now all but dead - Sunday Express

About The 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.

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