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Margaret Powell - Below Stairs, E-bok

E-bok, Engelska, 2011

Below Stairs

The Bestselling Memoirs of a 1920s Kitchen Maid

Av Margaret Powell

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Arriving at the great houses of 1920s London, fifteen-year-old Margaret’s life in service was about to begin…As a kitchen maid – the lowest of the low – she entered an entirely new world; one of stoves to be blacked, vegetables to be scrubbed, mistresses to be appeased, and even bootlaces to be ironed. Work started at 5.30am and went on until after dark. It was a far cry from her childhood on the beaches of Hove, where money and food were scarce, but warmth and laughter never were.Yet from the gentleman with a penchant for stroking the housemaids’ curlers, to raucous tea-dances with errand boys, to the heartbreaking story of Agnes the pregnant under-parlourmaid, fired for being seduced by her mistress’s nephew, Margaret’s tales of her time in service are told with wit, warmth, and a sharp eye for the prejudices of her situation.Brilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants, Below Stairs is the remarkable true story of an indomitable woman, who, though her position was lowly, never stopped aiming high.'Enormous gusto, salty humour, wisdom' Evening Standard'Shrewd, unabashed, wickedly funny, a unique front-line report of her life's experiences' Jack De Manio, BBC
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Margaret Powell was born in 1907 in Hove. Aged fifteen, she went into service as a kitchen maid, eventually progressing to the position of cook. In 1968 the first volume of her memoirs, Below Stairs, was published to instant success. She died in 1984.

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'A nurse worked hard, but a skivvy worked harder -- brought to life in this wonderful book' Jennifer Worth, author of the Call the Midwife trilogy 'Enormous gusto, salty humour, wisdom' Evening Standard 'Shrewd, unabashed, wickedly funny, a unique front-line report of her life's experiences' Jack De Manio, BBC 'A nurse worked hard, but a skivvy worked harder -- brought to life in this wonderful book' Jennifer Worth, author of the Call the Midwife trilogy 'Enormous gusto, salty humour, wisdom' Evening Standard 'Shrewd, unabashed, wickedly funny, a unique front-line report of her life's experiences' Jack De Manio, BBC 'With a strong Sussex accent, punched up by Cockney highlights and a dirty honk of a laugh, Powell's breezy anecdotal style [is] defiantly individualistic' Guardian 'from the woman who inspired the classic television series Upstairs Downstairs ... timeless classics, retro rarities and daring oddities. It's sure to provide inspiration and instruction for any creative cook' Cheshire Life on The Downstairs Cookbook: Recipes from a 1920s Household Cook by Margaret Powell 'instantly compelling, salty and unsentimental ... an affecting portrait of a vital, intelligent young woman struggling to assert herself against a system that would prefer she keep her head down and her mouth shut' Kirkus Review 'With humour and a sharp eye for detail, Margaret Powell exposes the true nature of the relationships between servants and good and bad employers... Informative and tremendous fun' Historical Novel Society 'a fascinating "downstairs" portrait of the glittering, long-gone worlds behind the closed doors of Downton Abbey and 165 Eaton Place' The Book Reporter

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