Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor

by Rosina Harrison

Book Overview

'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:... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143120867
• ISBN13: 9780143120865
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A sweet memoir of service

Rose was the lady's maid for Lady Astor. This easy-to-read, often humorous memoir of her days in service, and working her way to this position, is a wonderful look into the last days of the Edwardian era and the move into the modern world.