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Below Stairs by Margaret Powell

Below Stairs

The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey

by Margaret Powell
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  • Jan 3, 2012, 224 pages
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  • Dec 2012, 224 pages
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