Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor
By: Rosina Harrison
4.00
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
In 1928, Rosina Harrison arrived at the illustrious household of the Astor family to take up her ne…
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By: Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
3.56
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A new edition of Consuela Vanderbilt Balsan's memoir—the story of the "real" Lady Grantham of Downt… read more
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2. Cocoa At Midnight
By: Tom Quinn , Kathleen Clifford
3.50
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Kathleen Clifford was born in 1909. Her family lived in a tiny flat near Paddington Station and her… read more
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3. Christmas With Rosamunde Pilcher
By: Rosamunde Pilcher , Andreas von Einsiedel , Siv Bublitz
3.47
Format: 156 pages,
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4. Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "Downton Abbey"
By: Margaret Powell , Leigh Crutchley
3.94
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
Brilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants, Margaret Powell's classic memo… read more
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5. The Cook's Tale
By: Tom Quinn , Nancy Jackman
3.80
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Told in the first person by a woman who lived the hard life as a cook in a number of England's coun… read more
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6. The Housekeeper's Tale - The Women who really ran the English Country House
By: Tessa Boase
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Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
The story of The Housekeeper's Tale follows the lives of five women to delve into the secret existe… read more
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7. Minding the Manor: The Memoir of a 1930s English Kitchen Maid
By: Mollie Moran
3.94
Format: 489 pages, Paperback
Born in 1916 in Norfolk, Mollie Moran is one of the few people still alive today who can recall wor… read more
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8. What the Lady Wants: A Novel of Marshall Field and the Gilded Age
By: Renée Rosen
3.71
Format: 412 pages,
In late-nineteenth-century Chicago, visionary retail tycoon Marshall Field made his fortune wooing … read more
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9. Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor
By: Rosina Harrison
4.00
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
In 1928, Rosina Harrison arrived at the illustrious household of the Astor family to take up her ne… read more
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10. Sandringham Days: The Domestic Life of the Royal Family in Norfolk, 1862–1952
By: None
3.22
Format: 402 pages, Paperback
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11. Life Below Stairs: True Lives of Edwardian Servants
By: Alison Maloney
3.88
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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12. The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s
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4.19
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3.95
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14. One Pair of Hands
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3.82
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3.64
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
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16. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
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4.19
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17. Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls
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3.44
Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition
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18. Upstairs & Downstairs: My Life In Service as a Lady's Maid
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3.85
Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition
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19. Meghan and Harry: The Real Story
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3.69
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20. The Maid's Tale: A revealing memoir of life below stairs (Lives of Servants)
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4.09
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21. They Also Serve: The real life story of my time in service as a butler
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4.21
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