Informationen zum Autor Lindy Woodhead worked in international fashion for over twenty-five years. During the late 1980s she spent two years as the first woman on the board of directors of Harvey Nichols. Lindy retired from fashion in 2000 to concentrate on writing. She is the author of War Paint and Shopping! Seduction and Mr Selfridge. She is a regular contributor to the Spectator and The Times Saturday Magazine. Klappentext A new edition of the biography of maverick retailer Harry Gordon Selfridge, who opened his iconic department store in London in 1909. Reissued to tie in with a new ITV series inspired by the book, written by Andrew Davies. For anyone who loves to shop! The amazing true story of Harry Gordon Selfridge. Now a major ITV drama series starring Jeremy Piven, Katherine Kelly and Aisling Loftus. Zusammenfassung Zola called Selfridges a 'great cathedral of shopping', and its high priest was Harry Gordon Selfridge, father of modern retailing, philanderer, gamble dandy and the greatest showman the consumer world has ever known. The charismatic Selfridge had created nothing less than a lavish 'theatre of retail'.

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For anyone who loves to shop! The amazing true story of Harry Gordon Selfridge. Now a major ITV drama series starring Jeremy Piven, Katherine Kelly and Aisling Loftus.

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Lindy Woodhead

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A new edition of the biography of maverick retailer Harry Gordon Selfridge, who opened his iconic department store in London in 1909. Reissued to tie in with a new ITV series inspired by the book, written by Andrew Davies.

Zusammenfassung
Zola called Selfridges a 'great cathedral of shopping', and its high priest was Harry Gordon Selfridge, father of modern retailing, philanderer, gamble dandy and the greatest showman the consumer world has ever known. The charismatic Selfridge had created nothing less than a lavish 'theatre of retail'.