A Butler's Life: Scenes from the Other Side of the Silver Salver
by Kimberly Allen
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Part memoir, part how-to, A Butler's Life -- the account of Christopher Allen’s real-life duties Behind The Silver Salver-- offers a contemporary peek into this fascinating, yet demanding profession. Those for whom the mental picture of a British butler is the impeccable Jeeves or Remains of the Day’s prim Mr. Stevens will find Christopher Allen a surprise and a delight. The engaging Englishman, while no less a paragon of service than his literary peers, is charmingly human in his show more ongoing endeavor to master a profession whose most perfect representative is invisible. And, for those whose homes might not be staffed with live-in servants but who would enjoy benefiting from their expertise, nearly two dozen sidebars reveal tips of the trade--everything from hints for seamless entertaining to advice on household management. Far from a relic of a past era, Christopher Allen demonstrates that being a butler -- in villas on the Cote d’Azur and in California, on luxury yachts in England and estates in the Hamptons -- is still a very viable, rewarding way to make a living in the twenty-first century. show lessTags
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- Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Anthropology
- DDC/MDS
- 640.46 — Applied science & technology Home economics & family management Home and family Specific aspects of home management Household employees
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- HD8039 .D52 .G713 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Labor. Work. Working class By industry or trade
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- English
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