Cocoa At Midnight - The Real Life Story of My Time As a Housekeeper

Zusatztext If the Brothers Grimm had ended Cinderella where she was being forced to clean the house by her stepsisters! they might have accidentally been writing Rose Plummer's biography. The maid's story makes for harsh! heartbreaking! fascinating reading. Informationen zum Autor Tom Quinn is the editor of the Country Landowner's Magazine. He has written several small books for small independent publishers. He has spent the last twenty years interviewing people who worked in domestic service, getting them to tell him their life stories. Klappentext Kathleen Clifford was born in 1909. Her family lived in a tiny flat near Paddington Station and her earliest memories were of the smell of horses and the shrill whistle of steam trains. For a girl from the slums there was really only one option once school was over - a life in service. She started work in 1925 as a lowly kitchen maid in the London home of Lady Diana Spencer's family. Here she heard tales of the Earl's propensity for setting fire to himself, as well as enjoying the servants' gossip.Insightful and endearing memoir of a life lived in service as a housekeeper at a stately home. Zusammenfassung Insightful and endearing memoir of a life lived in service as a housekeeper at a stately home.

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• Authors: Kathleen Clifford, Tom Quinn
• Publisher: Coronet
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 11.04.2013
• EAN: 9781444735956
• ISBN: 978-1-4447-3595-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Lives of Servants
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; History, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Hospitality and service industries