Margot Fonteyn Paperback / softback
by Meredith Daneman
Paperback / softback
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Margot Fonteyn - born plain Peggy Hookham - was dreamed into existence by the architects of British ballet: Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton and Constant Lambert.
Carried to fame on a wave of wartime patriotism, Margot's sense of duty rather than ambition propelled her forward.
Yet her gifts were such that her pre-eminence would come to eclipse the careers of subsequent generations.Ballet is a fairytale world; if Margot, like the pure and poetic heroine of Swan Lake, was a natural Odette, she would also have to contend with virtue's raw shadow-side in the guise of Constant Lambert, Roberto Arias and Rudolph Nureyev - the men who, like Von Rothbart, were to take possession of her heart.
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:704 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:04/08/2005
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- ISBN:9780140165302
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:704 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:04/08/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780140165302