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The Expert Maid-Servant

• Author: Christine Terhune Herrick First Published: 2017-12-01
• Genres: Literature Reads: 51
• Words: 22697 Status: Completed
• Score: 5.0 (0)

There has been a resurgence of interest in early-twentieth-century domestic service of late, due in large part to the remarkable popularity of the television series Downton Abbey. Many of the real-life analogues of the characters on that show probably owned a well-thumbed copy of Cristine Terhune Herrick's The Expert Maid-Servant, a comprehensive guide for those in service. The book offers a fasci...