Reviews
"An extraordinary document, realistic, candid, and a rare look from the vantage point below stairs at a nostalgically romanticized world.", "Lady Astor's personal maid reveals her 'upstairs, downstairs' relationships with England's grandest family...Fascinating and deliciously readable!" , A delectable assortment of tales and details about the habits of overprivileged Britishers and the people who served them…. Rosina is a feisty, keen-eyed, no-nonsense observer of caste, class, and character. And when she matches wills and wits with Lady Astor-a Virginia Belle by birth, a Member of Parliament, and mistress of a dazzling fortune, and of Cliveden, one of England's most stately homes-the result is not only a crackling comedy of manners, but a sense of the way it was, firsthand., "An extraordinary document, realistic, candid, and a rare look from the vantage point below stairs at a nostalgically romanticized world." -- Los Angeles Times "A delectable assortment of tales and details about the habits of overprivileged Britishers and the people who served them.... Rosina is a feisty, keen-eyed, no-nonsense observer of caste, class, and character. And when she matches wills and wits with Lady Astor--a Virginia Belle by birth, a Member of Parliament, and mistress of a dazzling fortune, and of Cliveden, one of England's most stately homes--the result is not only a crackling comedy of manners, but a sense of the way it was, firsthand." -- Newsweek "Lady Astor's personal maid reveals her 'upstairs, downstairs' relationships with England's grandest family...Fascinating and deliciously readable!" -- The New York Times Book Review, "Lady Astor''s personal maid reveals her ''upstairs, downstairs'' relationships with England''s grandest family...Fascinating and deliciously readable!" , "A delectable assortment of tales and details about the habits of overprivileged Britishers and the people who served them.... Rosina is a feisty, keen-eyed, no-nonsense observer of caste, class, and character. And when she matches wills and wits with Lady Astor--a Virginia Belle by birth, a Member of Parliament, and mistress of a dazzling fortune, and of Cliveden, one of England's most stately homes--the result is not only a crackling comedy of manners, but a sense of the way it was, firsthand.", "An extraordinary document, realistic, candid, and a rare look from the vantage point below stairs at a nostalgically romanticized world." -- Los Angeles Times "A delectable assortment of tales and details about the habits of overprivileged Britishers and the people who served them.... Rosina is a feisty, keen-eyed, no-nonsense observer of caste, class, and character. And when she matches wills and wits with Lady Astor--a Virginia Belle by birth, a Member of Parliament, and mistress of a dazzling fortune, and of Cliveden, one of England's most stately homes--the result is not only a crackling comedy of manners, but a sense of the way it was, firsthand." -- Newsweek "Lady Astor's personal maid reveals her 'upstairs, downstairs' relationships with England's grandest family...Fascinating and deliciously readable!" -- The New York Times Book Review
