Summary of Lucy Lethbridge's Servants

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 In 1902, Queen Alexandra invited 10,000 maids-of-all-work to tea parties across London to celebrate the coronation. The girls were allowed to wear their own clothes rather than their usual uniform of cap and apron. #2 The English middle-class ideal was reflected in the home, which was full of servants who represented the nation’s sense of natural and social order. #3 The English country estate was a microcosm of the natural and social order, and servants were used to maintain it. The idea that the country estate constituted a nostalgia captured in the pages of Country Life, a weekly magazine, was widespread by 1900. #4 The English aristocracy was able to preserve its superiority through the patronage of rich Americans who were eager to marry into the aristocracy. The aristocracy rarely encountered or had to work with those who did the work for them.