The delightful, gossipy diaries of James Lees-Milne describe his encounters with the owners of country houses from eccentric lords and oil millionaires to raffish socialists as he travelled over England saving properties for the National Trust. Here are sharply observed accounts of dinner with Vita Sackville-West at Sissinghurst; Winston Churchills bedroom at [...]
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In 1851 there were over a million servants in Britain. This book reveals first-hand tales of put-upon servants, who often had to rise hours before dawn to lay fires, heat water and prepare meals for their employers, and then work into the small hours. Yet there are also heart warming stories of personal devotion, [...] |
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