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The Ladie Upstairs: A dark and twisted tale of ambition and desire
By (Author) Jessie Elland
John Murray Press
Baskerville
27th May 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Historical fiction
Classic horror and ghost stories
Fiction: general and literary
823.92
Paperback
320
Width 135mm, Height 216mm
Scullery drudge Ann longs to become a lady's maid. Ann can't quite remember how or when she arrived at the grand Ropner Hall, but she loathes spending her days toiling in the dank kitchen.
When a chance meeting with Ropner's Lady Charlotte leads to the opportunity to become her personal maid, Ann is convinced she has finally escaped her own version of hell. But has she As Ann's new life above stairs takes a sinister twist, will it turn out that the terrors lurking up there are worse than the devils she knows belowJessie Elland's deeply visceral debut is a dark and twisted tale of ambition and desire. Are you brave enough to enter Ropner HallJessie Elland is an actress and author from the North East of England. An avid bookworm from the moment she could read, Jessie spent most of her childhood dreaming of writing books and scribbling down half-finished stories. The Ladie Upstairs is her first novel to be published (and finished!).