vii, 374 pages : 25 cm

A history that brings to live the real country house servants. From the Middle Ages to the twentieth century, this is a fascinating history of country house servants. Brings to life this hierarchy and shows how large numbers of people lived together under strict segregation and how it was sometimes broken

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Visible and Glorious Household: From the later Middle Ages to the end of the Sixteenth Century -- 2. Beginning of the Back Stairs and the Servants' Hall: The Seventeenth Century -- 3. Household in the Age of Conspicuous Consumption: The Eighteenth Century -- 4. Behind the Green Baize Door: The Eighteenth Century -- 5. Apogee: The Nineteenth Century -- 6. Moving Up or Moving On: The Nineteenth Century -- 7. In Retreat from a Golden Age: The first half of the Twentieth century -- 8. Staying On: A Changing World: The later Twentieth Century

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