Upstairs & downstairs
Subtitle: the illustrated guide to the real world of Downton Abbey
By: Sarah Warwick
Publisher: Carlton Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781847327901
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Social life and customs; History; Upper class; Social conditions; Household employees; Country homes
Other titles: Downton Abbey (Television program)
Description: This beautifully illustrated book takes readers on a guided tour of a single day in an upper-crust English home of the Edwardian era. Starting with the servants hard at work while the family is still abed, and culminating in a lavish dinner party, Upstairs & Downstairs lifts the curtain on this fascinating period, as well as its historical bookends, the Victorian and post-World War I eras. Includes accounts from actual masters and servants, along with feature spreads on famous figures.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Before dawn; title: A child's friends : Beatrix Potter; title: Breakfast time; title: Study of a servant : P.G. Wodehouse; title: Morning activities; title: Votes for servants : Emmeline Pankhurst; title: Lunchtime; title: A social conscience : George Bernard Shaw; title: Afternoon activities; title: Difficult relationships : Virginia Woolf; title: Fine dining; title: Behind every great man : Winston Churchill; title: The end of the day; title: Eccentric characters : Edith, Osbert & Sacheverell Sitwell.