Keeping Their Place: Domestic Service in the Country House 1700-1920
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In 1851 there were over a million servants in Britain. This book reveals first-hand tales of put-upon servants, who often had to rise hours before dawn to lay fires, heat water and prepare meals for their employers, and then work into the small hours. Yet there are also heartwarming stories of personal devotion, and reward, and of how the servants enjoyed themselves in their time off. There are moments of great poignancy as well as hilarity: a steward's...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0750935596
ISBN13:9780750935593
Release Date:July 2005
Publisher:History Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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