The Secrets of Flowers

Author: Sally Page Listening Length: 10h 7m

From the author of the phenomenal internationally bestselling The Keeper of Stories, The Secrets of Flowers is a heart-warming novel about a grieving woman who rediscovers herself by uncovering the lost story of the girl who arranged flowers on the Titanic. The smallest treasures can hold the biggest mysteries … One y...

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There is a crowd gathering at the entrance to the V exclusively designed dishes from Wedgewood for the Orient Line; and huge gold panels depicting godlike athletes from the French ship, the Normandie . Company competed against company and country against country, each aspiring to the pinnacle of taste and modernity. Black-and-white footage shows movie stars posing on deck and a replica ‘Grand Staircase’ illustrates how passengers sought new and more extravagant backdrops for their haute couture. When competition was fierce, a company might choose a particular claim to champion: the Cunard Line was all about being the fastest, while the White Star Line wanted its ships, the Olympic , the Titanic and the Britannic , to be the most luxurious ocean liners in the world.

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