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The Surprising Life of Constance Spry Book

At the height of her fame Constance Spry (1886-1960) was commissioned to create floral displays for the 1953 Coronation procession; today she is still remembered for her books on cookery, gardening and flower arranging. This biography highlights the range of Spry's achievements, from her success in running a business at a time when few women had careers to her perfection of modernistic floral design.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    '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

  • Foyles

    Fascinating … to be eagerly devoured’ Clarissa Dickson-WrightMost 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

  • Blackwell

    A riveting new biography - the first for thirty years - of the influential floral artist and founder of the Cordon Bleu cookery school 'Fascinating to be eagerly devoured' Clarissa Dickson-Wright Most people today, if they have heard of her...

  • BookDepository

    The Surprising Life of Constance Spry : Paperback : Pan Macmillan : 9780330544221 : 0330544225 : 01 Sep 2011 : A riveting new biography - the first for thirty years - of the influential floral artist and founder of the Cordon Bleu cookery school

  • 0330544225
  • 9780330544221
  • Sue Shephard
  • 6 May 2011
  • Pan
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 256
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