Book review: Gentlemen’s Gentlemen: From Bootboys to Butlers - True Stories of Life Below Stairs

This book is an account of five men who served as page boys, lamp boys, boot boys, and even an ‘odd boy’ — a kind of multifunctional servant — to the gentlemen of the house.

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Review: Des Breen

Rosina Harrison

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