Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor

Rose is a captivating insight into the great wealth 'upstairs' and the endless work 'downstairs', but it is also the story of an unlikely decades-long friendship that grew between Her Ladyship and her spirited Yorkshire maid.

Read more Review "An extraordinary document, realistic, candid, and a rare look from the vantage point below stairs at a nostalgically romanticized world." — Los Angeles Times “A delectable assortment of tales and details about the habits of overprivileged Britishers and the people who served them….

Rosina is a feisty, keen-eyed, no-nonsense observer of caste, class, and character.

And when she matches wills and wits with Lady Astor—a Virginia Belle by birth, a Member of Parliament, and mistress of a dazzling fortune, and"