The Butler's Guide to Running the Home and Other Graces by Stanley Ager

The Butler's Guide to Running the Home and Other Graces by Stanley Ager

For Downton Abbey fans, this is the revered butler's guide to running your home gracefully. Stanley Ager served fifty-three years as a butler in some of the most magnificent houses in Britain. Closest to his heart was St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall, where he worked for the second and third Lords Levan for three decades. This book - written with Fiona St. Aubyn, granddaughter of the third Lord Levan - is his masterwork and guidebook on how to maintain the home elegantly and efficiently. From caring for clothing to managing the table, all of the basics of home management are covered here in delicious detail. Recently called a bible for traditional butlers by The New York Times, it could be the source material for the beloved Downton Abbey characters Carson and Bates.

"The wisdom of butler and lady combine in this book to instruct anyone who wishes to 'recreate that same grace in entertainment' on how to lay down wine, polish brass, iron trousers, clean shoes, and so onIf you know people who aspire to these tasks, give them this book." The New York Times "A fascinating insight." Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey "The gentleman's impeccable gentleman... delightful and informative for everyone." People "Packed with sensible information, to say nothing of the enjoyment to be gained in reading about life 'downstairs' and protocol 'upstairs' in a stately English home." Publishers Weekly

STANLEY AGER spent nearly thirty of his fifty-three years as a butler and valet at St. Michael's Mount under the Lords Levan. His teachings have been deemed vital by butlers from Buckingham Palace among many others. FIONA ST. AUBYN is an author and the granddaughter of the late Lord and Dowager Lady St. Levan.

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ISBN 13	9781849545051
ISBN 10	1849545057
Title	The Butler's Guide to Running the Home and Other Graces
Author	Stanley Ager
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Biteback Publishing
Year published	2012-12-27
Number of pages	256
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