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The glass of time
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Michael Cox |
Taking a job as a Victorian lady's maid in the household of baroness Tansor, nineteen-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst hides the truth about her mission to uncover her mistress's secrets about a past … |
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She rises
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Kate Worsley |
"It is 1740 and Louise Fletcher, a young dairy maid on an Essex farm, has been warned of the lure of the sea for as long as she can remember--after all, it stole away her father and brother. But when… |
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Her ladyship's girl
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Anwyn Moyle |
A fascinating memoir of a Welsh servant girl and ladies' maid who lived and served in London between the wars. |
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Take hold of tomorrow
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Karen Abbott |
Following a betrayal by an abusive stepfather, Ellen is taken, by her grandparents, to the house of a brick manufacturer in the Lancashire town of Horwich, to work as a kitchen maid. Determined for a… |
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Flowers for Miss Pengelly
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Rosemary Aitken |
In Cornwall in 1911, young lady's maid Effie Pengelly assists the charming Constable Dawes with his murder investigation and develops a relationship with him that may be doomed owing to their differi… |
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Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1)
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Jacqueline Winspear |
Maisie Dobbs isn’t just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence—and the patronage of her benevolent employers—she works her way into college at Cambridge. When World War I breaks ou… |
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