Servants' hall : a real life Upstairs, downstairs romance / Margaret Powell.

Author: Powell, Margaret, 1907-1984.

Edition: 1st U.S. ed.

Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2013.

ISBN: 9781250029294 (hbk.)
1250029295 (hbk.)
9781250029287 (ebk.)
1250029287 (ebk.)

Description: 184 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject: Powell, Margaret, 1907-1984.
Household employees Great Britain Biography.
Aristocracy (Social class) Great Britain 20th century.
Cooks Great Britain Biography.
Great Britain Social life and customs 20th century.

Notes: Originally published under the title: Servants' hall : more stories from my life in service to the great houses of England. London : Joseph, 1979.

Summary: A collection of accounts about life in the servants' halls of England's great houses shares the true story of under-parlourmaid Rose, who after eloping with her employer's only son was swept up in a maelstrom of gossip.