The Butler Speaks: A Return to Proper Etiquette, Stylish Entertaining, and the Art of Good Housekeeping

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Widely considered a world expert in butlering, Charles MacPherson lays out the essentials of household management in this wonderfully illustrated style, entertainment and etiquette guide. For anyone who rents or owns - be it a small urban flat or a lavish country estate - The Butler Speaks has everything you need to simplify, organise and care for your home.

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Praise for The Butler Speaks:
"This book covers everything you never paid attention to while living at home: stylish entertaining, etiquette and the art of good housekeeping. Read this book and you will become the chicest domestic expert around." --Metro
"One of my favourite guests, Charles the Butler gives great advice on managing your life, loving laundry and pursuing good manners." --Marilyn Denis, host of The Marilyn Denis Show
"This definitive work fairly oozes the polish and poise of proper butlering, etiquette and household management. . . . With wit and panache, MacPherson jams in reams of tips that will have you cultured in no time." --Publishers Weekly
Charles the Butler taught me to truly understand what luxury is. He alone deserves the fifth highly coveted luxury hotel star. --Olivier Cremont, former Head Butler, Fouquets Barriere Hotel, Paris
The Butler Speaks is your definitive guide to the art of living well, delivered with the wit, charm, styleand simple common sensethat you have come to expect from Charles columns in Metro. Keep it handy and youll never miss a step! --Charlotte Empey, Editor-in-Chief, Metro
Anyone who takes pride in their home and in entertaining their family and friends will find within these pages the tips and tricks that a professional butler uses to achieve the ultimate standard of a privately staffed house. --John Robertson, butler to Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, Alnwick Castle

Author Bio

A world authority in household management and butlering, CHARLES MacPHERSON has over twenty-six years of experience as the major domo for one of Canada's most prominent families. In 2009, he opened North America's only registered school for butlers and household managers. The author lives in Toronto, Ontario.