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Not in Front of the Servants Frank V. Dawes

Not in Front of the Servants By Frank V. Dawes

Not in Front of the Servants by Frank V. Dawes


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A nostalgic study of the vanished world of the servant in Victorian and Edwardian England, recreated through interviews, memoirs and letters. Households of varying sizes are discussed, from the Duke of Portland, who employed more than 30 kitchen staff, to respectable suburban villas.

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Not in Front of the Servants: A True Portrait of Upstairs, Downstairs Life by Frank V. Dawes

Whole armies of butlers, cooks and housemaids were employed in the great households of Victorian and Edwardian England. This book is a nostalgic study of this vanished world, recreated through interviews, memoirs and letters. The author discusses different households including the estate of the Duke of Portland, who employed more than 30 kitchen staff at Welbeck Abbey and another 32 indoor servants. At the other end of the scale, no respectable villa in the suburbs was without its maid or maids. Domestic service thrived because economic necessity forced larger poor families to put their children into service as one of the few means of feeding and clothing them. Frank Victor Dawes has also written "A Cry from the Streets", "A Family Album" and "Inheritance".

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CIN0712629815VG
9780712629812
0712629815
Not in Front of the Servants: A True Portrait of Upstairs, Downstairs Life by Frank V. Dawes
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Vintage Publishing
1989-02-09
184
N/A
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