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'I was able to get on well with everyone below stairs and above, or so I thought until I began working for Lady Astor...'

In 1929, Yorkshire lass Rosina Harrison became personal maid to Lady Astor: the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat and wife of one of England's wealthiest lords.



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No fictional series would have dared present a story half so full of strife - and hate as well as love - as that of Rose and her mistress ... The book is full of wry humour as well as splendid anecdotes which make it extremely jolly reading for those who don't have to live through the experiences. The period touches are fascinating, ranging from the grim to the purely enjoyable -- Antonia Fraser * Evening Standard *
Fascinating, outspoken, yet respectful, loving, yet indignant: a social document of mistress and maid, in station opposite, but in temperament equal ... * Sunday Telegraph *
Unique insight into the splendours and miseries of Clivedon ... stuffed with interesting and amusing anecdotes * Times Literary Supplement *
Emminently readable * Financial Times *
Fascinating and deliciously readable * New York Times Book Review *

The Ladys Maid

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    A Paperback / softback by Rosina Harrison

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Ebury Press
      Published 23 June 2011
      ISBN-13 9780091943516
      978-0091943516
      ISBN-10 0091943515
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      Autobiography: adventurers and explorers

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      'I was able to get on well with everyone below stairs and above, or so I thought until I began working for Lady Astor...'

      In 1929, Yorkshire lass Rosina Harrison became personal maid to Lady Astor: the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat and wife of one of England's wealthiest lords.



      Trade Review
      No fictional series would have dared present a story half so full of strife - and hate as well as love - as that of Rose and her mistress ... The book is full of wry humour as well as splendid anecdotes which make it extremely jolly reading for those who don't have to live through the experiences. The period touches are fascinating, ranging from the grim to the purely enjoyable -- Antonia Fraser * Evening Standard *
      Fascinating, outspoken, yet respectful, loving, yet indignant: a social document of mistress and maid, in station opposite, but in temperament equal ... * Sunday Telegraph *
      Unique insight into the splendours and miseries of Clivedon ... stuffed with interesting and amusing anecdotes * Times Literary Supplement *
      Emminently readable * Financial Times *
      Fascinating and deliciously readable * New York Times Book Review *

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