Search Results: Returned 15 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 15
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By Bowen, Rhys[2020]., Adults, Lake Union Publishing Call No: FIC BOW Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A single twist of fate puts a servant girl to work in Queen Victoria's royal kitchen, setting off a suspenseful, historical mystery ... Isabella Waverly only means to comfort the woman felled on a London street. In her final dying moments, she thrusts a letter into Bella's hand. It's an offer of employment in the kitchens of Buckingham Palace, and everything the budding young chef desperately wants: an escape from the constrictions of her life as a lowly servant. In the stranger's stead, Bella can spread her wings. Arriving as Helen Barton from Yorkshire, she pursues her passion for creating culinary delights, served to the delighted Queen Victoria herself. Best of all, she's been chosen to accompany the queen to Nice. What fortune! Until the threat of blackmail shadows Bella to the Riviera, and a member of the queen's retinue falls ill and dies. Having prepared the royal guest's last meal, Bella is suspected of the poisonous crime. An investigation is sure to follow. Her charade will be over. And her new life will come crashing down--if it doesn't send her to the gallows" --Provided by publisher.
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-- Amelia Bedelia for mayor2001, c1999., Ages 4-8, HarperCollins Call No: E PAR Edition: 1st Harper Trophy ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: An I can read book.Summary Note: Amelia Bedelia misunderstands what her employer wants her to do, and ends up campaigning for the office of mayor.
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2018., Adults, 115500., MacMillan Audio Call No: AUD FEL Edition: Unabridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Mitford murders Volume: # 2.Summary Note: Meet the Bright Young Things, the rabble-rousing hedonists of the 1920s whose treasure hunts enrapture the media. One of their games, taking place at the eighteenth birthday party of Pamela Mitford, ends in tragedy as cruel, charismatic Adrian Curtis is pushed to his death from the bell tower of the church neighboring the Mitford home, Asthall Manor.
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-- City tossed & broken2013., 4.7; 5-8, Scholastic Call No: YS DEA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Dear AmericaSummary Note: It is 1906, and when her family is cheated out of their tavern, fourteen-year-old Minnie Bonner is forced to become a maid to the Sump family, who are moving to San Francisco--three weeks before the great earthquake.
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-- Downton Abbey.[2019], Adults, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD VID Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The beloved characters of Downton Abbey take to the big screen, and it turns out that they've got a major event to prepare for. After all, it's not every day that royalty makes an appearance. Of course, it's not long before tensions are running high. The property isn't even close to ready when it becomes clear that Carson the butler will need to come out of retirement to help run this sinking ship before it's too late.
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[2022]., Adults, Focus Features Call No: DVD VID Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The follow-up to the 2019 feature film in which the Crawley family and Downton staff received a royal visit from the King and Queen of Great Britain.
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c2012., Adults, PBS Distribution PBS Distribution Call No: DVD VID Edition: Original UK ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Downton Abbey Volume: 1 & 2Summary Note: Set in an Edwardian country house starting in 1912, Downton Abbey portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them.
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[2014], Adults, [Publisher not identified] Call No: 791.45 72 Edition: Limited edition, or Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Follows the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in pre-WWI England and as they later face the challenges of war.
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-- Downton Abbey.2015., Adults, PBS Distribution Call No: DVD VID Edition: Original UK edition Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Downton Abbey Volume: 5 & 6Summary Note: As Season Five begins in 1924, the radio is the latest miracle, a new Labour government heralds changes through the land, and Downton's traditional ways are besieged on all fronts. Robert, Mary, and Branson must navigate these shifting sands together to ensure the future of the estate for generations to come. As Branson finds himself playing a more crucial role at Downton than ever before, he can't help but question his place in the world. Mary is finally coming to accept that she would like to marry again, but will she ever be able to find the same happiness that she had with Matthew? And with no news of her beloved Gregson, Edith suffers under the burden of her terrible secret. Downstairs, all of the servants must consider what effect social changes may have on their working lives. No one, Mr. Carson to Daisy, will be left unaffected. The Crawley family and the servants who work for them remain inseparably intertwined as they rise to meet the new challenges of the day.
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By Wick, Loric2005., Adult, Harvest House Call No: FIC WIC Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Tucker Mills trilogy Volume: bk. 2Summary Note: Indentured servant Reese Thackery, believing herself free when her master Mr. Zantow dies, is stunned when the bank manager tells her he intends to keep her papers to cover Zantrow's outstanding debts, but she accepts that God has a plan for her life, and is rewarded for her faithfulness when bank owner Conner Kingsley comes to investigate the odd circumstances and loses his heart to the young woman.
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By Adler, Susanc1986., Ages 3-6, Pleasant Call No: YS TRI Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: American girls collectionSummary Note: In 1904, nine-year-old Samantha, an orphan living with her wealthy grandmother, and her servant friend Nellie have a midnight adventure.
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[1994]., "Ages 7 and up"--Co, Pleasant Co. Publications Call No: J FUN 792 .0226 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The American girls collection.
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c1964., Ages 4-8, Harper & Row Call No: E PAR Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Amelia Bedelia, the new maid, is so eager to please that she follows instructions to the letter.
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1993, c1964., Ages 4-8, HarperCollins Call No: E PAR Edition: Newly illustrated I can read ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: I can read bookSummary Note: Preparing for the arrival of an important visitor, a wacky housekeeper follows her employer's instructions with humorous results.
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[2013]., Adult, G. P. Putnam's Sons Call No: FIC ROB Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Suffering an intense year of public and police scrutiny after being wrongly implicated in his fiancé's murder, Boston lawyer Eli Landon takes sanctuary in a centuries-old family home and falls in love with resident housekeeper Abra Walsh, with whom he is entangled in an old, life-threatening mystery.