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Author
Publisher
Michael O'Mara
Pub. Date
2013
Description
In Life Below Stairs, bestselling author Alison Maloney goes behind the scenes to reveal a detailed picture of what really went on 'downstairs', describing the true-life trials and tribulations of Edwardian servants in a gripping non-fiction account. Thoroughly researched and reliably informed, it also contains first-hand stories from the staff of the time. A must-read for anyone interested in the lifestyle and conduct of a bygone era.
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Series
Molly McQueen volume 1
Description
Her move to Australia hasn?t worked out and now she?s back home and ready to start her new venture, McQueen?s Agency. But Molly soon finds that hiring temps out to local businesses is tough going, until the day a lucrative job comes in which seems almost too good to be true. On her first day at the new job, Molly senses that something isn?t quite right - but the Agency desperately needs the work. And when Molly begins to discover more about her employers...
3) Tall poppies
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One woman - two loves . . . - Dorset, 1917. If it's not enough that a girl from a good background is forced to work as a maid, Livia Carr is then violated by her master and falls pregnant. But help unexpectedly comes from her attacker?s son, Richard, a WWI hero who is not expected to live much longer. He marries her, and his death, though expected, comes as a great blow. Into the breach steps Livia's first love, Denton Elliott - but he does not know...
Author
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Working undercover for HM Revenue & Customs can be tough, but DJ Smith has more than a little help from her trained sniffer cat, Gorgonzola, a moth-eaten Persian with gourmet tastes and a mind of her own. In this first case DJ Smith and Gorgonzola are on the trail of a drug-smuggling ring operating in and around Edinburgh. Beneath the innocent surface of the White Heather Hotel eddies a sinister undercurrent. One death follows another. Who among the...
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Pub. Date
2016
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Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep, except of course for?the Midnight Gang. That is when their adventures are just beginning? When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital, and is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter. Things go from bad to worse when he meets the wicked matron in charge of the children's ward? But Tom is about to embark on the most thrilling journey of a lifetime! The...
Author
Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
2013
Description
It was dangerous, dirty and exhaustive work. They worked round the clock, often exposed to toxic, lethal chemicals. A factory accident could mean blindness, loss of limbs - or worse. Many went home with acid burns, yellow skin or discoloured hair. Others were forced to leave their loved ones and move to live with total strangers in unfamiliar surroundings. Frequently, their male bosses were coarse and unsympathetic. Yet this hidden army of nearly...
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Pub. Date
2014
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Two entwined families: the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them. One stately home: Cavendon Hall, a grand imposing house nestled in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. Two best friends: DeLacy Ingham, daughter of the earl, and Ceci Swann, daughter of the valet. Inseparable from childhood, but with two very different destinies. But the year
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