She was the Shanghai chanteuse, Bond St salon owner, Sydney socialite and world-renowned wallpaper designer (influencing fashion designer Karen Walker, among others). But who was Florence Broadhurst really? The mystery surrounding her 1977 murder is in keeping with the artifice of her life, here revealed in a fascinating biography.

IntroductionChapter 1 Murder 1977Chapter 2 Growing Up 1899-1922Chapter 3 The Orient 1922-1927Chapter 4 Return Home 1927Chapter 5 London 1927-1949Chapter 6 Sydney 1949-1958Chapter 7 Wallpaper and Trucking 1959-1969Chapter 8 The Final Years 1970-1977Epilogue