Margot Fonteyn
Author(s): Meredith Daneman
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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.
2004, First edition, first printing. A fine, unread copy in a fine, unclipped d/w. This copy is pristine. Scan available if required.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Penguin Viking
- : Viking Australia
- : 01 June 2022
- : books
Special Fields
- : Hardback
- : Meredith Daneman