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Diamonds at dinner, my life as a lady's maid in a 1930s stately home, Hilda Newman with Tim Tate

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Diamonds at dinner, my life as a lady's maid in a 1930s stately home, Hilda Newman with Tim Tate

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

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no index present

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non fiction

Main title

Diamonds at dinner

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dictionaries

Oclc number

857800448

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Hilda Newman with Tim Tate

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my life as a lady's maid in a 1930s stately home

Summary

'I THOUGHT I'D GONE TO A PRISON' This was Hilda Newman's first impression when, at the age of 19, she left her parents' little terraced cottage in Lincolnshire and embarked on a new life as a lady's maid at Croome Court, the enormous stately home of Lord and Lady Coventry. The year was 1935: the twilight of the English aristocracy. It was a time of wealth and glamour; of lavish balls and evening gown; of tiaras and a Coronation. As personal maide to Lady Coventry, Hilda had a unique insight into the leisured life of one of Britain's most noble families

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