Book description
'I was able to get on well with everyone below stairs and above, or
so I thought until I began working for Lady Astor...'
In 1929, Yorkshire lass Rosina Harrison became personal maid to Lady
Astor: the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat and wife
of one of England's wealthiest lords.
Lady Astor was brilliant yet tempestuous, but outspoken Rose gave as
good as she got. For 35 years the battle of wills and wits raged
between the two women, until an unlikely friendship began to emerge.
The Lady's Maid is a captivating insight into the great
wealth 'upstairs' but also the endless work 'downstairs', but it is
Rose's unique relationship with Lady Astor that makes this book a
truly enticing read.
Please note, The Lady's Maid is the new title for the book
originally published as Rose.
Rosina Harrison (known as Rose) was born in Aldfield, North
Yorkshire, in 1899. Her mother was a laundry maid and her father a
stonemason. Rose became a lady's maid in 1918, and she was later lady's
maid to Lady Astor for 35 years. She later retired to Worthing where she
died in 1989.
