Tom Quinn

Backstairs Billy: The Life of William Tallon, the Queen Mother's Most Devoted Servant

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Produktbeschreibung

The highly entertaining biography of one of the Queen Mother's most devoted servants,William Tallon, which shows the royal family through the eyes of one of its most extrovert characters.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Biteback Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 258g
• ISBN-13: 9781785900006
• ISBN-10: 1785900005
• Artikelnr.: 44091742

Autorenporträt

Tom Quinn: Tom Quinn is the author of many titles including London's Strangest Tales, Cocoa at Midnight: The Real Life Story of My Time as a Housekeeper, The Cook's Tale: Life Below Stairs as it Really Was. He also writes occasional obituaries for The Times and edits Country Business magazine.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction vii
Chapter One: Joining the royals 1
Chapter Two: Working for the firm 9
Chapter Three: Northern lights 15
Chapter Four: Glamorous worlds 33
Chapter Five: Below stairs 43
Chapter Six: The shy King 57
Chapter Seven: A boy at the palace 77
Chapter Eight: Life partners 93
Chapter Nine: An outsider on the inside 99
Chapter Ten: Feuds and factions 123
Chapter Eleven: Wine and roses 139
Chapter Twelve: On the prowl 163
Chapter Thirteen: A dangerous character 173
Chapter Fourteen: Sudden enthusiasms 183
Chapter Fifteen: Change and decay 199
Chapter Sixteen: Twilight 231
Chapter Seventeen: Farewell 247
Acknowledgements 259