Shephard Sue - The Surprising Life Of Constance Spry - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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
Title: The Surprising Life Of Constance Spry
Author(s): Shephard Sue
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Barcode: 9780330544221
Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Date: 5/6/2011
Category: Flower Arranging & Floral Crafts