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Violet Liddle's charming account offers glimpses into another world and another time--into the private lives of the good and the great. She recounts her fascinating experiences as she served as parlour-maid to George Bernard Shaw and Winston Churchill before and during World War II. Because of her real-life upstairs/ downstairs experiences, she was an advisor to the filmmakers of and actors in the Academy Award-winning movie, Gosford Park. In Serving the Good and the Great, Violet shares her eyewitness account of some of the most important and powerful people of the 20th Century--from Churchill to Eisenhower, from Lady Astor to George Bernard Shaw--always in the light of her trust in God, 'whose service is perfect freedom'.Liddle, Violet is the author of 'Serving The Good And The Great The Amazing True Story Of Violet Liddle', published 2004 under ISBN 9780310253952 and ISBN 0310253950.
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