The Housekeeper's Tale - The Women Who Really Ran the English Country House

The Housekeeper's Tale - The Women Who Really Ran the English Country House

The story of The Housekeeper’s Tale follows the lives of five women to delve into the secret existence of these powerful yet invisible women who ran our great English country houses.

From the 19th- to …

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