Sunday afternoons at Aunt Sarah's are so boring, until Sophie discovers a magical world under the stairs
There followed a life almost destroyed by their actions. It is the harrowing story of one man’s fight for justice and an end to the horrific memories that still haunt him daily.
Brilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants portrayed in Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs, Margaret Powell's classic memoir of her time in service, Below Stairs, is the remarkable true story of an indomitable ...
An eerie page-turner, Beneath the Stairs is about the trauma that follows us from childhood to adulthood and returning to the beginning to reach the end.
Is his uncanny ability to tie perfect knots and render boots spotless a sign of his own magical talent, or the work of Billy Bly, the brownie who has been secretly watching over him since he was little?
Rhyming text warns of the gruesome sights that pop-up and pull-tab illustrations reveal in a creepy cellar.
There's a witch under the basement stairs and Frances knows it! She tries everything to entice the old witch to leave. But nothing works. Then Ellie, Frances' stuffed elephant, falls...
Thoroughly researched and reliably informed, this charmingly illustrated volume also contains first-hand stories from the staff of the time, making it a must-read for anyone interested in the lifestyle and conduct of a bygone era.
A little boy throws food below the stairs of his house each day to appease the bear he believes lives there.
A young earl cancels his original wedding plans when he falls in love with the new housemaid, Anna, a penniless Russian countess exiled to England. Reissue.
The of CHAPTER FIVE Beast Books The beast is half man and half book and half octopus. The creature made of three halves roars. Its long tongue rolls out. Its long arms unfold like hundreds of pages. The Librarian jumps back.