{"product_id":"9780140165302","title":"Margot Fonteyn","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Daneman, Meredith, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 04\/08\/2005,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 704 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Biography: arts \u0026amp; entertainment\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780140165302\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMargot Fonteyn - born plain Peggy Hookham - was dreamed into existence by the architects of British ballet: Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton and Constant Lambert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarried 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBallet 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022107967641,"sku":"9780140165302","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780140165302.jpg?v=1602538998","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780140165302","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}