For love of painting: The life of Sir Gerald Kelly

David Hunt

C. Davies

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The Hussar general: The life of Blücher, man of Waterloo

History

PARKINSON, ROGER

Europe

From the grand houses of Brighton to imposing London mansions, life as a kitchen maid could be exhausting and demoralising. It's not just being at the beck and call of the people upstairs, when even the children of the family can treat you like dirt, but having to deal with temperamental cooks, starchy butlers and chauffeurs with a roving eye. Marriage is the only escape, but with one evening off a week Margaret has no time to lose. Between Perce the bus conductor (who brings his mother on dates) and Mr Hailsham the fishmonger (who looks - and smells - a bit like his wares), her initial prospects are hardly the stuff of dreams. But then she meets Albert; a butcher boy-turned-milkman. Could he be the perfect husband? And can she make the perfect wife when, as she soon discovers, years spent serving others don't prepare you for managing your own life? Soon Margaret begins to wonder - how can someone like her ever improve their station? Told with her trademark wit and warmth, Climbing the Stairs is a unique, sharp-eyed tale of a time when the idea of masters and servants began to lose its sway, and of a remarkable woman who grasped the opportunities of this brave new world with both hands. 'Margaret Powell was the first person outside my family to introduce me to that world, so near and yet seemingly so far away, where servants and their employers would live their vividly different lives under one roof. Her memories, funny and poignant, angry and charming, haunted me until, many years later, I made my own attempts to capture those people for the camera. I certainly owe her a great debt' Julian Fellowes

Climbing the stairs

Biographies & Memoirs

MARGARET POWELL

Memoirs

Development without aid: The translucent society;

Leopold Kohr

"Something attempted, something done,"

Education & Teaching

Bennett, Gilbert

Schools & Teaching

What is a Welshman?

Literature & Fiction

R.S. Thomas

Poetry

Sands of speed

Williams, Griffith

Sons of the Romans: The Tory as nationalist

Edwards, H. W. J

A Guide to Welsh Literature

A guide to Welsh literature

A.O.H. Jarman

Bridges and ferries

Jones, Reg Chambers

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