Behind the Scenes: Domestic Arrangements in Historic Houses

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Summary: Fascinating book with beautiful pictures
Review: Most books about houses dwell on country house parties and the upstairs life, while this one is especially interesting when it covers parts of the household that you would not think of, such as the dairy. Perhaps a complaint would be that the book concentrates only on grand houses instead of on houses lived in my middle and lower class people, but I had bought the book realizing that so I didn't care. In addition to being very well researched and well written, the photographs were absolutely georgous and make me want to live in such a grand estate. Untill I think about how hard it was to live in such a grand estate!