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Backstairs Billy: The Life of William Tallon, the Queen Mother's Most Devoted Servant by Tom Quinn
$47.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
William Tallon, who died in 2007, was a shopkeeper's son from the Midlands who worked for the Queen Mother for more than fifty years and became her most trusted servant. Known as 'Backstairs Billy', he was charming, amusing, occasionally bitchy - and extremely promiscuous. As a child growing up in relat ...Show more
Memories of Steam: Reliving the Golden Age of Britain's Railways by Tom Quinn
$49.99 NZD
Category: Railway & Trains
The true flavour of the glory days of steam trains, brought to life in this richly illustrated collection of first-hand accounts from railway passengers and locomotive drivers across Britain. From the glamorous drivers on the great mainline locomotives to everyday commuters and trainspotting schoolboys, ...Show more
The Maid's Tale: A Revealing Memoir of Life Below Stairs by Rose Plummer with Tom Quinn
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Born in 1910, Rose Plummer grew up in an East End slum; she knew at first hand a soot-blackened world, lit by candles and oil lamps, where you slept in your clothes - if you hadn't already been sewn into them for the winter - and fought an unending battle with hunger and bed bugs. At its best, life was ...Show more
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