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“lucy lethbridge”

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  • Tourists

    How the British Went Abroad to Find Themselves

    by Lucy Lethbridge ...
    *FOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH*'I really can't recommend this enough - especially if you are going on holiday' Tom Holland**'**Delightful ... Lucy Lethbridge has written a glorious romp of a book' Kathryn Hughes, The Mail on Sunday'It is the paramount wish of every English heart, ever addicted to vagabondizing, to hasten to the Continent…'In 1815 the Battle of Waterloo... ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Mind Your Manors

    Tried-and-True British Household Cleaning Tips

    by Lucy Lethbridge ...
    The author of Servants tells us what made British households, of all sizes, shine.British estates were known to be the epitome of cleanliness with their white-glove perfection. Through her meticulous research on servants, Lucy Lethbridge gleaned much knowledge about how these homes were made to gleam over almost two centuries, from the Victorian through the Edwardian years and beyond. The majority ... Read more

    $15.69 USD

  • Servants

    A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times

    by Lucy Lethbridge ...
    **A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice"Beautifully written, sparkling with insight, and a pleasure to read, Servants is social history at its most humane and perceptive." —Paul Addison, Times Literary Supplement**From the immense staff running a lavish Edwardian estate to the lonely maid-of-all-work cooking in a cramped middle-class house, domestics were an essential yet unobtrusive part ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

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    Tourists

    How the British Went Abroad to Find Themselves

    by Lucy Lethbridge ...
    Narrated by Lucy Lethbridge ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 29 min

    Bloomsbury presents Tourists written and read by Lucy Lethbridge.*FOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH*'I really can't recommend this enough – especially if you are going on holiday' Tom Holland'Delightful ... Lucy Lethbridge has written a glorious romp of a book' Kathryn Hughes, The Mail on Sunday‘It is the paramount wish of every English heart, ever addicted to vagabondizing, to hasten to the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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