{"product_id":"books-scenes-and-apparitions-by-sir-roy-strong","title":"Scenes and Apparitions","description":"'Viper wit from the gardener, writer and Knight of exquisite taste' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Funny, barbed and moving ... magnificently readable' THE TIMES  Scenes and Apparitions covers a period of Roy Strong's life from 1988 to 2003. A sequel to Splendours and Miseries, it is an unmissable record of how a citizen at the close of the second Elizabethan age observed and chronicled his own world at the turn of the century. Although it is not without tragedy - the murder of his friend Gianni Versace, and the death of his beloved wife Julia Trevelyan Oman - there is plenty to enjoy from his descriptions of Elton John's fiftieth birthday party, to a concert for the Queen Mother, and his portraits of marriage, friendship, work and his celebrated garden, The Laskett.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53672009302289,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781474603904.jpg?v=1781518072","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-scenes-and-apparitions-by-sir-roy-strong","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}