Hilda Newman (1916–2018)

Hilda Newman with the literary assistance of Tim Tate wrote a compelling memoir of her life as lady’s maid to Lady Coventry in the period between World War I & World War II – the last gasp of lavish living by the English aristocracy. As is usually the case, her real life case bears nothing in common with either the TV shows Downton Abbey or Upstairs, Downstairs, However given how many of the lower classes lived in those days, life in service was mostly safe, respectable, with adequate food and shelter, which could not be said about other kinds of employment.
Easy to read & very informative.… (más)