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The Surprising Life of Constance Spry
Taschenbuch von Sue Shephard
Sprache: Englisch

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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

'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

Über den Autor
Sue Shephard is the author of Pickled, Potted and Canned: The Story of Food Preserving which won the André Simon Special Award and Seeds of Fortune. She lives in Bristol with her family.
Zusammenfassung
A riveting new biography - the first for thirty years - of the influential floral artist and founder of the Cordon Bleu cookery school
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780330544221
ISBN-10: 0330544225
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Shephard, Sue
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Maße: 195 x 125 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Sue Shephard
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.05.2011
Gewicht: 0,27 kg
Artikel-ID: 107119999
Über den Autor
Sue Shephard is the author of Pickled, Potted and Canned: The Story of Food Preserving which won the André Simon Special Award and Seeds of Fortune. She lives in Bristol with her family.
Zusammenfassung
A riveting new biography - the first for thirty years - of the influential floral artist and founder of the Cordon Bleu cookery school
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780330544221
ISBN-10: 0330544225
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Shephard, Sue
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Maße: 195 x 125 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Sue Shephard
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.05.2011
Gewicht: 0,27 kg
Artikel-ID: 107119999
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