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THE SURPRISING LIFE OF CONSTANCE SPRY
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| By: |
Sue Shephard |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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£9.48 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0330544225 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780330544221 |
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| Publisher: |
PAN MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
6 May, 2011 |
| Edition: |
Unabridged edition |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
A riveting new biography - the first for thirty years - of the influential floral artist and founder of the Cordon Bleu cookery school |
| Synopsis: |
'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 |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations, ports. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Pan Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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