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Servant Lives explores the servant's diminiishing role in England.
... too , the outflow increased , not merely to London but to a condensed milk factory at Aylesbury and to Huntley and Palmer's biscuit factory at Reading , as well as to growing towns in the area , like Watford .
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High Society: The English Social Élite, 1880-1914
First published in 1991 and now available in paperback, a title in the ILLUSTRATED HISTORY PAPERBACK series which explores the life and social round of the wives and daughters of...
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Includes excerpts, able to be read in about ten minutes, from both contemporary and traditional children's favorites.
The real lives of servants in the era of the TV series 'Downton Abbey'.
In this illustrated account, Pamela Horn draws upon a wealth of contemporary sources and 'servants' books' as well as personal reminiscences by servants and employers.
The Ladies of the Manor
'A totally fascinating account of Victorian country life' -- The Good Book Guide This book describes the varied aspects of country life in the last century from a child's point of view.
Includes excerpts, able to be read in about ten minutes, from both contemporary and traditional children's favorites.
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A superbly- illustrated account of the British system of education in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
High Society
A fascinating glimpse of life below stairs, This book tells the stories of the lives the people who lived and worked there.