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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Boase, Tessa.     Subjects     Household employees -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Country homes -- Great Britain -- Employees -- Biography.     Social classes -- Great Britain.     Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Boase, Tessa.       by title:      The housekeeper's ta...       by call number:      640.46 B662h     Search the Web     Boase, Tessa.     Household employees -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Country homes -- Great Britain -- Employees -- Biography.     Social classes -- Great Britain.     Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.       MARC Display

The housekeeper's tale : the women who really ran the English country house / by Tessa Boase. by Boase, Tessa. Aurum Press, 2014. Call #: 640.46 B662h Subjects Household employees -- Great Britain -- Biography.   Country homes -- Great Britain -- Employees -- Biography.   Social classes -- Great Britain.   Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781781310434 (hc.) 1781310432 (hc.) Description:  xxi, 314 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index. Summary:  "Working as a housekeeper was one of the most prestigious jobs a nineteenth and early twentieth century woman could want--and also one of the toughest. A far cry from the Downton Abbey fiction, the real life Mrs Hughes was up against capricious mistresses, low pay, no job security and gruelling physical labour. Until now, her story has never been told. The Housekeeper's Tale reveals the personal sacrifices, bitter disputes and driving ambition that shaped these women's careers. Delving into secret diaries, unpublished letters and the neglected service archives of our stately homes, Tessa Boase tells the extraordinary stories of five working women who ran some of Britain's most prominent households."--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 640.46 B662h Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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