This is the story about a woman who was not a royal, not rich, not famous; someone who simply worked hard and enjoyed her life. But while Georgina Landemare saw herself as ordinary, her accomplishments were anything but. Georgina started her career as a nursemaid and ended it cooking for one of the best-known figures in British history: Winston Churchill. It's about working-class life, and women's work and expectations, and it's about domestic service at the highest level. It's about British food, and French influence, and the impact of war on the way we ate. Above all else, though, it's the story of woman who lived, loved and cooked her way through much of twentieth-century Britain, and, while her life is made more resonant by her relationship to her last employers, it remains Georgina's story.--inside flap and back cover.
Annie Gray.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
