Her Ladyship's Guide to Running One's Home - Hardcover

Taggart, Caroline

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1907892133 ISBN 13: 9781907892134

Publisher: National Trust Books, 2012

Synopsis

Her Ladyship, star of Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English and Her Ladyship's Guide to Modern Manners, turns her attention to another tricky area of modern life: how to run a homeShe gives you the proper advice on burning domestic issues ranging from everyday housework and how to behave around house guests to dealing with cleaners and childmindersThe perfect gift for anyone who wants to run their home 'properly' but practicallyEver wondered how to fit the ironing into an already overcrowded schedule? Or needed advice on how to deal with house guests whose political opinions you abhor? In this charming follow-up to the popular Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English, Her Ladyship dons the mantle of a modern Mrs Beeton to provide the answers to these pressing domestic questions, and many more. In her trademark lightly humorous but always elegant style, she discusses important issues such as day-to-day housekeeping and routines (exactly how clean do you need to keep your house?), dealing effectively but graciously with 'staff' (cleaners, au pairs, gardeners), how to avoid committing social faux pas when entertaining, and useful ideas for getting the children to help with the housework. The book is not aimed solely at people who live in large country houses, like Her Ladyship, but at anyone who feels in need of a bit of gentle guidance on running a home properly, whatever its size or type, while still coping with the demands of work, childcare and all the other perils of modern life.

About this title

From the Author:

Caroline Taggart has been an editor of non-fiction books for nearly 30 years. She is the author of The Classics: All You Need to Know, from Zeus's Throne to the Fall of Rome and I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot from School.

About the Author:

Caroline Taggart is the author of Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English, Her Ladyship's Guide to Running One's Home and Her Ladyship's Guide to the British Season, all published by National Trust Books. She has also written several other books.  She visits literary festivals and writers' workshops around the country, advising aspiring writers on how to get published.  She is not related to Her Ladyship but shares many of her prejudices. She lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: National Trust Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1907892133
• ISBN 13: 9781907892134
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160