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Imperial dancer : Mathilde Kschessinska and the Romanovs
- Title
- Imperial dancer : Mathilde Kschessinska and the Romanovs / Coryne Hall ; foreword by Natalia Makarova.
- Author
- Hall, Coryne.
- Publication
- Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire : Sutton, 2005.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Makarova, Natalia, 1940-
- Description
- ix, 326 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables; 24 cm
- Summary
- Mathilde Kschessinska, famed as the lover of the future Tsar Nicholas II, was the first Russian Prima Ballerina assoluta. Vivacious, beautiful and lively, she was also the centre of a scandalous menage a trois with two Grand Dukes, one of whom was Nicholas's cousin. Her close links with the Romanovs ensured her stage success but also led to the loss of her wealth and her exile to France after the 1917 Revolution. Coryne Hall tells, for the first time, the full story of this woman and her glittering and tempestuous life.
- Alternative Title
- Mathilde Kschessinska and the Romanovs
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-313) and index.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-313) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Myth or reality? -- Glory and adornment -- 'Madly ... in love with Little K' -- 'I am under her spell' -- Dear Strelna -- 'Magnificent Matilda' -- Ménage à trois -- 'Retirement' from the stage -- 'Danced your way to a palace' -- 'The black-eyed she-devil of the ballet' -- 'The wealthiest woman on the stage' -- 'The bird has flown' -- 'That Tsarist concubine' -- Flight from the Bolsheviks -- 'Madame 17' -- The queen of Russian ballet -- Struggle for survival -- The end of the fairytale -- The final curtain.
- Call Number
- *MGYB (Kshessinska) 05-3669
- ISBN
- 075093557X
- 9780750935579
- LCCN
- 2005363051
- OCLC
- 57691630
- Author
- Hall, Coryne.
- Title
- Imperial dancer : Mathilde Kschessinska and the Romanovs / Coryne Hall ; foreword by Natalia Makarova.
- Imprint
- Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire : Sutton, 2005.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-313) and index.Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-313) and index.
- Local Note
- Dance Div. call number represents former transliteration of the dancer's surname: Kshessinska.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1999
- Added Author
- Makarova, Natalia, 1940- writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- *MGYB (Kshessinska) 05-3669