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Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor
Rosina Harrison
Penguin
December 2011
On Sale: December 27, 2011
ISBN: 0143120867
EAN: 9780143120865
Kindle: B005OW6IJ6
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Historical | Non-Fiction
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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