Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times, (Paperback)

from SandDune

Lucy Lethbridge gives an entertaining and thought provoking view of the realities of servant life in the twentieth century. From the swan song of the great country house with its servant for every task to the inter-war years when the impossibility of finding a good servant seemed to be at the for...

from mom2acat

This book explores the culture of domestic service workers in Britain, from around the 1890s through the 1960s, and the families that employed them, and how the two world wars affected those occupations. The author details the work of cooks, parlor maids, footmen, scullery maids, butlers, etc, th...

from dulcinea14

I received a copy of this book from Goodreads giveaways. This is a very well-researched and comprehensive exploration of the domestic service industry from the 19th century until today, with a particular focus on the "golden age" of upstairs/downstairs relations that lasted until the early-mid 20...

from Goldengrove

A fascinating account of the apotheosis and decline of household servants in Britain, 'Servants' takes the reader from the great houses of the Edwardian era, where excess was the norm, to the 21st century where the newly 'super rich' seek staff who can guide them through upper class manners even ...

from bluepigeon

Thank you Goodreads First Reads for a copy of this book!Well, watching Downton Abbey, I find myself thinking often that Fellows has used too much poetic license. I think, no way! Reading Servants, I realized just how much of DA is actually textbook stuff. This was really surprising. Things that s...