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Pan Macmillan UK 2011; US$ 18.03A compelling and colourful memoir that takes the reader inside the forgotten world of domestic service. Arriving at the great houses of 1920s London, fifteen-year-old Margaret's life in service was about to begin... As a kitchen maid - the lowest of the low - she entered an entirely new world; one of stoves to be blacked, vegetables to be scrubbed,... more...
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St. Martin's Press 2012; US$ 14.99Brilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants portrayed in Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs , Margaret Powell?s classic memoir of her time in service, Below Stairs, is the remarkable true story of an indomitable woman who, though she served in the great houses of England, never stopped aiming high. Powell first... more...
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Margaret Powell's Cookery Book
St. Martin's Press 2012; US$ 24.99In the national bestseller Below Stairs , Margaret Powell told readers what it was really like to work in the great houses of England. In Margaret Powell's Cookery Book , she gives readers a closer look at the world inside the vast kitchens of these great houses. It's an eye-opening and mouthwatering snapshot of that world. The upstairs dining... more...
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St. Martin's Press 2013; US$ 22.99The sequel to New York Times bestseller Below Stairs , Servants' Hall tells a gripping real-life tale reminscent of Downton Abbey's Lady Sybil and Tom Branson. Margaret Powell's Below Stairs became a sensation among readers reveling in the luxury and subtle class warfare of Masterpiece Theatre 's hit television series Downton Abbey... more...
The Downstairs Cookbook
Pan Macmillan 2012; US$ 9.58The Downstairs Cookbook offers genuine 1920s recipes from bestselling author Margaret Powell, the house maid and cook who shared tales from her years of service in Below Stairs and inspired the original Upstairs Downstairs TV series. Now in this cookery book she offers a collection of sweet and savoury courses that the servants regularly prepared for... more...
The Downstairs Cookbook
Pan Macmillan UK 2012; US$ 18.03A complete 1920s cookbook from Margaret Powell The Downstairs Cookbook offers genuine 1920s recipes from bestselling author Margaret Powell, the house maid and cook who shared tales from her years of service in Below Stairs and inspired the original Upstairs Downstairs TV series. Now in this cookery book she offers a collection of sweet and savoury... more...
Archaeology of the Moundville Chiefdom
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