The Surprising Life of Constance Spry Paperback / softback
by Sue Shephard
Paperback / softback
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Fascinating … to be eagerly devoured’ Clarissa Dickson-Wright Most people today, if they have heard of her, associate Constance Spry with the cookery book bearing her name.
But Connie was much, much more than the author of a bestselling cookery book.
She was deeply unconventional, extremely charming and very determined; Spry’s life took her from the back streets of Victorian Derby to running a hugely successful business as the florist of choice for the highest of high society, organizing the flowers for royal weddings and indeed for the Queen's coronation.
She endured a violent first marriage, had a lesbian affair with a cross-dressing artist and was a pioneer for working women at a time when few women had careers.
Sue Shephard tells her extraordinary story with insight, wit and flair. 'Riveting.’ Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall ‘Makes you fall utterly in love with its subject’ New York Times Magazine ‘Reveals with the greatest skill and sympathy an extraordinary person - complicated, driven, sometimes secretive but gifted and artistic to an nth degree.
What a story.' Elizabeth Buchan
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:384 pages
- Publisher:Pan Macmillan
- Publication Date:06/05/2011
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- ISBN:9780330544221
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:384 pages
- Publisher:Pan Macmillan
- Publication Date:06/05/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780330544221