The Resource Below stairs : the classic kitchen maid's memoir that inspired "Upstairs, downstairs" and "Downton Abbey", Margaret Powell
Below stairs : the classic kitchen maid's memoir that inspired "Upstairs, downstairs" and "Downton Abbey", Margaret Powell
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The item Below stairs : the classic kitchen maid's memoir that inspired "Upstairs, downstairs" and "Downton Abbey", Margaret Powell represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.
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- Summary
- "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 long vanished 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 212 p.
- Note
- Orignally published: London : Davies, 1968
- Isbn
- 9781250005441
- Label
- Below stairs : the classic kitchen maid's memoir that inspired "Upstairs, downstairs" and "Downton Abbey"
- Title
- Below stairs
- Title remainder
- the classic kitchen maid's memoir that inspired "Upstairs, downstairs" and "Downton Abbey"
- Statement of responsibility
- Margaret Powell
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 long vanished 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1907-1984
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Powell, Margaret
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Powell, Margaret
- Cooks
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Label
- Below stairs : the classic kitchen maid's memoir that inspired "Upstairs, downstairs" and "Downton Abbey", Margaret Powell
- Note
- Orignally published: London : Davies, 1968
- Control code
- zzv350 b1379692
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 212 p.
- Isbn
- 9781250005441
- Lccn
- 2011038190
- Label
- Below stairs : the classic kitchen maid's memoir that inspired "Upstairs, downstairs" and "Downton Abbey", Margaret Powell
- Note
- Orignally published: London : Davies, 1968
- Control code
- zzv350 b1379692
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 212 p.
- Isbn
- 9781250005441
- Lccn
- 2011038190
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