The Housekeeper's Tale: The Women Who Really Ran the English Country House by Te

Description: The Housekeeper's Tale by Tessa Boase Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description The story of The Housekeepers Tale follows the lives of five women to delve into the secret existence of these powerful yet invisible women who ran our great English country houses; from the 19th- to the mid 20th-century this was the most important professional job an uneducated woman could aspire to; the female equivalent of the butler. Publisher Description As a working class woman in the 19th century, you could do no better. The housekeeper of a great English country house might manage a hundred servants, and a domestic budget on par with a small bank. She had no need of a home of her own - or, for that matter, a husband. But for all her importance, she has been invisible to history. This unique history tracks the housekeepers fortunes during a period of relentless social change. She enters the book haughtily, in black bombazine and whalebone stays; she exits a lone figure in a nylon housecoat, down on arthritic knees with a scrubbing brush. None of these women, mulling over the day in their parlours, would have imagined their stories worth telling - but The Housekeepers Tale proves otherwise. In five gripping accounts, Tessa Boase brings to life the heroic women who ran Britains country houses. Author Biography TESSA BOASE read English at Lincoln College, Oxford, then worked as a voiceover artist, a childrens scriptwriter, and as a commissioning editor of The DailyandSunday Telegraph andThe Daily Mail. She was co-founder of the Salon des Amis (a London salon of ideas, debate and entertainment), and more recently restored a ruin in Italys Sabine Hills where she produces olive oil. Details ISBN 1781314101 ISBN-13 9781781314104 Title The Housekeeper's Tale Author Tessa Boase Format Paperback Year 2015 Pages 336 Publisher Quarto Publishing PLC GE_Item_ID:92037330; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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