A Trouser-wearing Character
Life and Times of Nancy Spain
Published on 1. April 1997
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-304-32879-6 (ISBN)
Description
When Nancy Spain died in a plane crash in 1964, aged 47, with her partner, Joan Werner Laurie, she was at the height of a brilliant media career. A famous all-media celebrity of the time, she was a seasoned journalist and writer - with over 10 camp and frothy crime novels to her name. She later moved into radio and TV, quickly becoming an established panelist on "Juke Box Jury" and "What's My Line?" as well as a knowledgeable and lively contributor to "Woman's Hour". In this revealing biography, Rose Collis rediscovers Nancy Spain's public and private life and therein creates an account of an exceptional woman.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
8pp b&w plates, notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-304-32879-6 (9780304328796)
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Content
Nancy....a gipsey name; school of love and school of might; Miss Sargeant appeared in a class of her own; proper Navy; to please myself; nobody told the truth in those days; when Gilbert met Nancy; I am not a star, I am what they call a personality; the Waugh to end all wars; ace newshound; the nine lives of a lady of letters; island of dreams; and still were there cabbages in that awful field; funny things happened.