The lady's maid
By: Rosina Harrison
Publisher: Magna; Magna Large Print Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780750535922
Subjects: Household employees; Biography; Social life and customs; Large type books; Manners and customs
Description: In 1929, Yorkshire lass Rosina Harrison became personal maid to Lady Astor: the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat and wife of one of England's wealthiest lords. Lady Astor was brilliant yet tempestuous, but outspoken Rose gave as good as she got. For 35 years a battle of wills and wits raged between the two women, until an unlikely friendship began to emerge. The Lady's Maid is a captivating insight into the great wealth 'upstairs' and the endless work 'downstairs'.
Notes: Originally published: as Rose. London: Cassell, 1975.