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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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Book category Books in English Lifestyle, sport & leisure Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts Flower arranging & floral crafts

• Full title: Surprising Life of Constance Spry
• Author: Sue Shephard
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• EAN: 9780330544221
• ISBN: 0330544225
• ID: 04367971
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Weight: 266 g
• Dimensions: 197 × 130 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. May 2011

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