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Below Stairs : The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey by Margaret Powell (2012, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSt. Martin's Press

ISBN-101250023211

ISBN-139781250023216

eBay Product ID (ePID)117304118

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Book TitleBelow Stairs : The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

TopicWomen, Cultural Heritage, Culinary, Historical

GenreBiography & Autobiography

AuthorMargaret Powell

Book SeriesBelow Stairs Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight7.2 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"Anyone who enjoyed Downton Abbey or Upstairs Downstairs will relish this feisty memoir." -- Dame Eileen Atkins, co-creator of Upstairs, Downstairs "Margaret Powell was the first person outside my family to introduce me to that world, so near and yet seemingly so far away, where servants and their employers would live their vividly different lives under one roof. Her memories, funny and poignant, angry and charming, haunted me until, many years later, I made my own attempts to capture those people for the camera. I certainly owe her a great debt." -- Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey, "Anyone who enjoyed Downton Abbey or Upstairs Downstairs will relish this feisty memoir."--Dame Eileen Atkins, co-creator of Upstairs, Downstairs "Margaret Powell was the first person outside my family to introduce me to that world, so near and yet seemingly so far away, where servants and their employers would live their vividly different lives under one roof. Her memories, funny and poignant, angry and charming, haunted me until, many years later, I made my own attempts to capture those people for the camera. I certainly owe her a great debt."--Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey, Margaret Powell was the first person outside my family to introduce me to that world, so near and yet seemingly so far away, where servants and their employers would live their vividly different lives under one roof. Her memories, funny and poignant, angry and charming, haunted me until, many years later, I made my own attempts to capture those people for the camera. I certainly owe her a great debt.

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume Number1

Dewey Decimal641.5092 B

SynopsisBrilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants portrayed in Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs , Margaret Powell's classic memoir of her time in service, Below Stairs, is the remarkable true story of an indomitable woman who, though she served in the great houses of England, never stopped aiming high. Powell first arrived at the servants' entrance of one of those great houses in the 1920s. 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 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-parlormaid, 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. Margaret Powell's true story of a life spent in service is a fascinating "downstairs" portrait of the glittering, long-gone worlds behind the closed doors of Downton Abbey and 165 Eaton Place., Brilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants portrayed in Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs , Margaret Powell's classic memoir of her time in service, Below Stairs, is the remarkable true story of an indomitable woman who, though she served in the great houses of England, never stopped aiming high. Powell first arrived at the servants' entrance of one of those great houses in the 1920s. 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 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-parlormaid, 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. Margaret Powell's true story of a life spent in service is a fascinating "downstairs" portrait of the glittering, long-gone worlds behind the closed doors of Downton Abbey and 165 Eaton Place.

LC Classification NumberTX649.P68A3 2012