The surprising life of Constance Spry / Sue Shephard.
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TextPublication details: London : Pan, 2011.Description: xviii, 350 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cmISBN: - 0330544225
- 9780330544221
- SB449.132.S64 S547 2011
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| SB470.S65 S65 1995 Adventures of a gardener / | SB470.S67 A63 2001 C. Th. Sørensen : landscape modernist / | SB470.S77 C69 1975 Constance Spry : a biography / | SB470.S77 S44 2011 The surprising life of Constance Spry / | SB470.S84 K27 1989 Fletcher Steele, landscape architect : an account of the gardenmaker's life, 1885-1971 / | SB470.S88 R53 2021 Tom Stuart-Smith : drawn from the land / | SB470.T57 G47 2011 Edwardian country life : the story of H. Avray Tipping / |
Originally published: Macmillan, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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, organising 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.