Gentlemen's Gentlemen

You''ve read tales of lady''s maids and cooks, housekeepers and nannies, but now it''s time to hear from the other side of life as a servant. From the lamp boy to the butler, here are the fascinating storis from the men below stairs.

This treasure-trove of memories, collected together by Rosina Harrison, bestselling author of The Lady''s Maid, includes the night the ill-fated Edward VIII came to dinner; the time Charlie Chaplin scandalised the servants with his ''familiar'' behaviour - and the occasion when a hot potato dropped down a lady''s décolletage at a veryexclusive supper party . . .