In the national bestseller "Below Stairs," Margaret Powell told readers what it was really like to work in the great houses of England. In "Margaret Powell's Cookery Book," she gives readers a closer look at the world inside the vast kitchens of these great houses. It's an eye-opening and mouthwater[...]
The Downstairs Cookbook offers genuine 1920s recipes from bestselling author Margaret Powell, the house maid and cook who shared tales from her years of service in Below Stairs and inspired the original Upstairs Downstairs TV series. Now in this cookery book she offers a collection of sweet and savo[...]
Arriving at the great houses of 1920s London, fifteen-year-old Margaret's life in service was about to begin...As a kitchen maid -- the lowest of the low -- she entered an entirely new world; one of stoves to be blacked, vegetables to be scrubbed, mistresses to be appeased, and even bootlaces to be [...]
Brilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants portrayed in "Downton Abbey" and "Upstairs, Downstairs," Margaret Powell's classic memoir of her time in service, "Below Stairs, " is the remarkable true story of an indomitable woman who, though she served in the great houses of En[...]
The sequel to "New York Times "bestseller "Below Stairs," "Servants' Hall "tells a gripping real-life tale reminscent of "Downton Abbey's" Lady Sybil and Tom Branson.
Margaret Powell's "Below Stairs "became a sensation among readers reveling in the luxury and subtle class warfare of "Masterpiece[...]
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, star[...]