Book description
Entertaining, instructive, thought-provoking and hilarious, the
unmistakeable voice of Deborah Devonshire rings out of this volume which
combines her two collections of 'occasional' writings - Home to Roost
and Counting My Chickens. The pieces are broad and eclectic in their
subjects, ranging from treasures unearthed while the kitchen was being
redecorated, musings about the reason for the reworded town sign,
tourism at Chatsworth, a ringside view of both John F. Kennedy's
inauguration and funeral, and the value of deportment. No matter what
she's writing about she is always affectionate, shrewd and uproariously
funny. The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire was brought up in Oxfordshire
with spells in London. In 1950, her husband, Andrew, the 11th Duke of
Devonshire, inherited estates in Yorkshire and as well as Chatsworth,
the family seat in Derbyshire, and Deborah became chatelaine and
housekeeper of one of England's greatest and best-loved houses.
Following her husband`s death in 2004, she moved to a village on the
Chatsworth estate where she now lives.
