From SOE Hero to Dressing the Queen The Amazing Life of Sir Hardy Amies by Lynda Rowland

 Sir Hardy Amies was certainly an amazing man. This is an enjoyable, thoroughly researched and well-written biography of the famous designer who was actually the head of the Belgian section of the SOE. I found this part of the book the most interesting, especially Amies’s being haunted by what happened to some of his operatives.

I also liked reading about his friendships with famous people, especially the Queen, the descriptions of his beautiful clothes and his love of Australia. However, I felt that the book was a bit bogged down by too much information about his employees sometimes, although they were certainly characters!

I received this free ebook from NetGalley in return for an honest review.