Up and Down Stairs: The History of the Country House Servant

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Review This is Gosford Park as non-fiction, and utterly fascinating -- Times Literary Supplement 'Entertaining saga of the class divide' -- The Daily Express 'Intimate and absorbing study' -- The Sunday Times 'Architectural historian Masson brings alive the symbiotic relationship between the houses, their owners, and the workers.' -- Financial Times 20101112 'Musson is excellent on the changing face of service in the twentieth century' -- Spectator 20101112 'Personal anecdotes bring this well-researched book to life' -- Mail on Sunday 20101112 'A brilliantly readable book full of human history and entertaining anecdotes' -- Lancashire Evening Post 20101112 'He retells the story at a cracking pace... we are reminded that all kinds of likely lads, including Chaucer, started out as paper pushers and cup bearers' -- Guardian 20101112 'Packed with quotes from memoirs and letters, as well as first hand accounts, a fascinating social history' -- BBC Who Do You Think You Are Magazine 20101112 'An ideal read' -- Field Magazine 20101112 About the Author **Jeremy Musson** is an architectural historian and has been architectural editor of *Country Life* for the past 10 years. His other titles include The *English Manor House* and *How to Read a Country House*.