Longbourn

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It is wash-day for the housemaids at Longbourn House, and Sarah’s hands are chapped and bleeding. Domestic life below stairs, ruled tenderly and forcefully by Mrs Hill the housekeeper, is about to be disturbed by the arrival of a new footman smelling of the sea, and bearing secrets. For in Georgian England, there is a world the young ladies in the drawing room will never know, a world of poverty, love, and brutal war.

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ISBN: 9780552779517 Author: Baker, Jo Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd Publication Date: 1st January 2014 Imprint: Black Swan Cover: Paperback Dewey: 823.92 (edition:23) Pages: 447 Language: English Edition: 1st paperback ed Readership: General - Trade / Code: K Category: Subjects: ,

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It is wash-day for the housemaids at Longbourn House, and Sarah’s hands are chapped and raw. Domestic life below stairs, ruled with a tender heart and an iron will by Mrs Hill the housekeeper, is about to be disturbed by the arrival of a new footman, bearing secrets and the scent of the sea.

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