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Carefully researched and packed with eyewitness accounts, Life Below Stairs takes us back to the days when well over a million Britons—including 40 per cent of the female workforce—were employed as servants. So, if you’re still confused between your lady’s maids, chambermaids, parlour maids and scullery maids, Alison Maloney can certainly help. And even for those who haven’t gone Downton crazy, the book still offers a fascinating slice of British history. Did you know, for example, that a footman’s pay was dependent on his height? (Taller was better.) Or that valets were often expected to supply their masters each morning with freshly ironed shoelaces?
Over its nine chapters, this book tackles every aspect of servant life—including, of course, all the rules that had to be followed...

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