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The Downstairs Maid

By: Rosie Clarke
Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
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Summary

She is a servant girl... When her father becomes ill, Emily Carter finds herself sent into service at Priorsfield Manor in order to provide the family with an income. He will be the Lord of the Manor...

Emily strikes up an unlikely friendship with the daughters of the house, as well as Nicolas, son of the Earl. But as the threat of war comes ever closer, she becomes even more aware of the vast differences between upstairs and downstairs, servant and master...

If you like Downton Abbey you’ll love this!

©2014 Rosie Clarke (P)2015 Magna Publishing, Random House Audiobooks

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Easy listening

If you just want an easy boo& to listen to this is the one.
I enjoyed it but it did not leave an impression on me.

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lovely

another brilliant listen. well narrated and a happy ending :) can't wait for another great story.

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just thoroughly enjoyed this book.

just enjoyed this, easy listening lots of ups and downs, as expected during the times. I am such a romantic so enjoy

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Excellent . Highly recommended.

One of the best stories I have listened to and probably the best.
Rosie Clarke never disappoints.
The story is full of twists turns and surprises right to the very end. So hard to put this down.
An excellent performance by Penelope Freeman who did an amazing job portraying all the voices of the different characters.
I highly recommend this book.

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Another successful Manor House type novel

A well written book sympathetically narrated by Penelope Freeman. Once I started listening I couldn’t stop picking it up!

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brilliant story

Bit slow at first but once you get into the story it's really good. Goes to show everyone is the same no matter they class.

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Good book

Loved it, great book
Looking forward to next read, soon hopefully
Good light read

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a good listen

Lots of twist & turns. A really good listen. looking forward to Rosie Clarkes next book

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I Did enjoy this book

What a good account of that period,
I loved Emily's spirit, good heart & loyalty.
A good, sometimes sad story, narrative good too, Uncle Derek's voice was so creepy.

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Excellent listen

Great story, The narrator made this a very easy listen, No complicated plot to struggle through and sometimes that’s all you need. Thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish.

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