Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor Paperback - 2011
by Rosina Harrison
In 1928, Harrison arrived at the illustrious household of the Astor family to take up her new position as personal maid to the infamously unconventional Lady Astor, who sat in Parliament, entertained royalty, and traveled the world.
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In 1928, Rosina Harrison arrived at the illustrious household of the Astor family to take up her new position as personal maid to the infamously temperamental Lady Nancy Astor, who sat in Parliament, entertained royalty, and traveled the world. "She's not a lady as you would understand a lady" was the butler's ominous warning. But what no one expected was that the iron-willed Lady Astor was about to meet her match in the no-nonsense, whip-smart girl from the country.
For 35 years, from the parties thrown for royalty and trips across the globe, to the air raids during WWII, Rose was by Lady Astor's side and behind the scenes, keeping everything running smoothly. In charge of everything from the clothes and furs to the baggage to the priceless diamond "sparklers," Rose was closer to Lady Astor than anyone else. In her decades of service she received one £5 raise, but she traveled the world in style and retired with a lifetime's worth of stories. Like Gosford Park and Downton Abbey, 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.
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- Title Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor
- Author Rosina Harrison
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Adult Hc/Tr, East Rutherford, NJ, U.S.A
- Date 2011-12-27
- Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143120865 / 0143120867
- Weight 0.57 lbs (0.26 kg)
- Dimensions 7.76 x 5.15 x 0.67 in (19.71 x 13.08 x 1.70 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - Politics and government -, Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011034501
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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