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The Surprising Life of Constance Spry by Sue Shephard

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The Surprising Life of Constance Spry by Sue Shephard – 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.

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The Surprising Life of Constance Spry by Sue Shephard
The Surprising Life of Constance Spry by Sue Shephard
399.00 Original price was: ₹399.00.129.00Current price is: ₹129.00.

The Surprising Life of Constance Spry by Sue Shephard – 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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Weight 339 g
Dimensions 12.8 × 19.8 × 2.7 cm
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ISBN

9780330544221

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Pages

350

Published

2011

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