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Insightful and endearing memoir of a life lived in service as a housekeeper at a stately home.

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Praise for the Lives of Servants * Various *
Reading this fascinating book is likely to unleash anyone's inner Bolshevik...! * Daily Mail *
...a fascinating portrait of the drudgery and servility of a domestic's life. * The Age *
...captures the subtelties of the English class system to an extraordinary degree. * Midstate Observer *
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. * The Daily Telegraph, NZ *

Cocoa at Midnight

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    A Paperback / softback by Tom Quinn

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      Publisher Coronet Books
      Published 11 April 2013
      ISBN-13 9781444735956
      978-1444735956
      ISBN-10 1444735950

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Insightful and endearing memoir of a life lived in service as a housekeeper at a stately home.

      Trade Review
      Praise for the Lives of Servants * Various *
      Reading this fascinating book is likely to unleash anyone's inner Bolshevik...! * Daily Mail *
      ...a fascinating portrait of the drudgery and servility of a domestic's life. * The Age *
      ...captures the subtelties of the English class system to an extraordinary degree. * Midstate Observer *
      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. * The Daily Telegraph, NZ *

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