They Also Serve (e-bog) af Quinn, Tom
Quinn, Tom (forfatter)

They Also Serve e-bog

82,58 DKK (inkl. moms 103,22 DKK)
During more than thirty years in a variety of houses, Bob Sharpe managed to rise from garden boy to valet and butler.As a boy he had to kill pheasant chicks, boil rabbits for the estate dogs, carry the wood up and down stairs every day for thirty fires and sleep on the floor outside his master's room. He cleaned shoes, ironed underwear and socks and once had to stand all night in the hall waiti...
E-bog 82,58 DKK
Forfattere Quinn, Tom (forfatter)
Forlag Coronet
Udgivet 30 august 2012
Genrer 1DBK
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781444735932
During more than thirty years in a variety of houses, Bob Sharpe managed to rise from garden boy to valet and butler.As a boy he had to kill pheasant chicks, boil rabbits for the estate dogs, carry the wood up and down stairs every day for thirty fires and sleep on the floor outside his master's room. He cleaned shoes, ironed underwear and socks and once had to stand all night in the hall waiting for a late visitor to arrive.But as a butler he was the best paid servant in the house, waited on, feared and respected by the other servants.Bob Sharpe knew the real world of upstairs downstairs and the secrets of the landed gentry - even to the point of incest and attempted murder!