They Also Serve: The real life story of my time in service as a butler by Tom Qu

Description: They Also Serve by Tom Quinn A revealing memoir of life below stairs FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description During more than thirty years in a variety of houses, Bob Sharpe managed to rise from garden boy to valet and butler.As a boy he had to kill pheasant chicks, boil rabbits for the estate dogs, carry the wood up and down stairs every day for thirty fires and sleep on the floor outside his masters room. He cleaned shoes, ironed underwear and socks and once had to stand all night in the hall waiting for a late visitor to arrive.But as a butler he was the best paid servant in the house, waited on, feared and respected by the other servants. Bob Sharpe knew the real world of upstairs downstairs and the secrets of the landed gentry - even to the point of incest and attempted murder! Notes A revealing memoir of life below stairs, from butler Sharpe, who was born in 1902 and died in 1985. During more than thirty years in a variety of houses, Sharpe rose from garden boy to valet and butler. With appeal to fans of Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs, its part of a series of true life tales from servants. Author Biography Bob Sharpe, who was born in 1902 and died in 1985, worked both in London and in several country houses. Tom Quinn is the editor of the Country Landowners Magazine. He has written several small books for small independent publishers. He has spent the last twenty years interviewing people who worked in domestic service, getting them to tell him their life stories. Review Reading this fascinating book is likely to unleash almost anyones Inner Bolshevik... - Daily Mail Promotional A revealing memoir of life below stairs Long Description During more than thirty years in a variety of houses, Bob Sharpe managed to rise from garden boy to valet and butler.As a boy he had to kill pheasant chicks, boil rabbits for the estate dogs, carry the wood up and down stairs every day for thirty fires and sleep on the floor outside his masters room. He cleaned shoes, ironed underwear and socks and once had to stand all night in the hall waiting for a late visitor to arrive.But as a butler he was the best paid servant in the house, waited on, feared and respected by the other servants. Bob Sharpe knew the real world of upstairs downstairs and the secrets of the landed gentry - even to the point of incest and attempted murder! Review Quote "Well worth the read!" -Anglotopia.net Promotional "Headline" A revealing memoir of life below stairs Description for Sales People Life below stairs and its stories of the always tight-lipped, often tragic, occasionally romantic relations between servants and their masters and mistresses is a subject of great fascination for the British. Details ISBN1444735926 Year 2012 ISBN-10 1444735926 ISBN-13 9781444735925 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint Coronet Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 640.46092 Pages 256 Short Title THEY ALSO SERVE Language English Illustrations None Subtitle The real life story of my time in service as a butler Publisher Hodder & Stoughton Series Lives of Servants UK Release Date 2012-08-30 Author Tom Quinn Publication Date 2012-08-30 Audience General NZ Release Date 2012-10-08 AU Release Date 2012-10-08 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:136440930;

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