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the classic kitchen maid's memoir that inspired "Upstairs, downstairs" and "Downton Abbey"
By Margaret Powell
"Below stairs" was published by St. Martin's Press in 2012 - New York and the language of the book is English.
“Below stairs” Metadata:
- Title: Below stairs
- Author: Margaret Powell
- Language: English
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- Publish Date: 2012
- Publish Location: New York
“Below stairs” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Cooks - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women - Biography - Cooks, biography - Great britain, biography - Rich people - Working class women - Upper class - Women household employees
- People: Margaret Powell (1907-1984)
- Places: Great Britain
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: p. cm.
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL25046709M - OL16167943W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 740627058
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2011038190
- ISBN-13: 9781250005441 - 9781429952446
- All ISBNs: 9781250005441 - 9781429952446
AI-generated Review of “Below stairs”:
"Below stairs" Description:
The Open Library:
"A kitchen-maid's through-the-key hole memoir of life in the great houses of England--now a bestseller in the UK. At fifteen, she arrived at the servants' entrance to begin her life as a kitchen maid in 1920s England. The lowest of the low, her world was 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. In this captivating memoir, Margaret tells her tales of service with wit, warmth, and a sharp eye. From the gentleman with a penchant for stroking housemaids' curlers, to raucous tea dances with errand boys, to the heartbreaking story of Agnes the pregnant under-parlourmaid, fired for being seduced by her mistress's nephew, Below Stairs brilliantly evokes the longvanished world of masters and servants portrayed in Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs. Rocketing back on to the UK bestseller lists almost fifty years after its initial publication, this is the remarkable true story of an indomitable woman, who, though her position was lowly, never stopped aiming high"--
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