Set in London between 1900 and 1925, the story follows Louisa Leyton/Trotter, the eponymous "Duchess", who works her way up from servant to renowned cook to proprietress of the upper-class Bentinck Hotel in Duke Street, St. James's.
Louisa Trotter
Merriman
Major Smith-Barton
Charles Tyrrell
Mrs. Cochrane
Mary
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