Margot Fonteyn (Paperback, New edition)

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.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2005
First published:	September 2005
Authors:	Meredith Daneman
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 42mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	654
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-016530-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Dance > Ballet Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre
LSN:	0-14-016530-4
Barcode:	9780140165302

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