domestics

William is still devastated over losing Emma, who has gone back to London to accompany Mrs. Trollop to an important social event, while Eleanor, a friend of William's sister, tries to take Emma's place in William's heart.

Mary, employed by Dr. Jekyll, finds herself the keeper of her Master's house, the guardian of his sanity, and the only one in possession of the dark knowledge that might save his life.

Illustrated text, letters, and diary excerpts follow a fictional teenage servant as she accompanies First Lady Abigail Adams to the Executive Mansion in Philadephia and later to the new presidential residence in Washington, D.C., where they witness the election of Thomas Jefferson in 1800.

William, the eldest son in the wealthy Jones family, has broken off his engagement to the daughter of a viscount because of his love for the maid Emma, and when the viscount arranges for Emma to be shipped off to America, William follows, leaving his family to deal with the social fallout.

After Shirley Madison answers an advertisement that does not list an age requirement, she is hired on as a maid in Miss Bennett Cranley's household, a single woman who runs a pub that she inherited, despite the fact that Shirley is only thirteen years old.

A tragedy forces Emma to leave London, bringing her burgeoning relationship with young gentleman William Jones to an abrupt halt.

Emma, saved from destitution and raised to be a proper maid by a former governess in Victorian England, finds herself at odds with society when she falls in love with William, a young aristocrat who shares her feelings.

In 1650, while Robert, a young medical student, steels himself to assist with her dissection, twenty-two-year-old housemaid Anne Green recalls her life as she lies in her coffin, presumed dead after being hanged for murdering her child that was, in fact, stillborn.