Death Comes to the Ballets Russes by David Dickinson - ISBN: 9781472113764
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Death Comes to the Ballets Russes

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    8 August 2016

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Summary

London, 1912, and the famed Ballet Russes have come to London to perform. Anticipation is high, for Diaghilev s troupe is renowned throughout Europe.

At the end of their famed performance of Thamar at the Royal Opera House, the Georgian queen stabs her prince to death and throws him into the river. But life mirrors art when the prince is found truly dead, stabbed through the heart in the orchestra pit below stage. But the corpse is not the dancer in the programme. It is his …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781472113764
ISBN-10:1472113764
Author:David Dickinson
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Constable
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:8 August 2016
Weight:260g
Dimensions:132mm x 200mm x 24mm
Series:Lord Francis Powerscourt
About The Author

David Dickinson

David Dickinson was born in Dublin. With an honours degree in Classics from Cambridge, David Dickinson joined the BBC, where he became editor of Newsnight and Panorama, as well as series editor for Monarchy, a three-part programme on the British royal family.

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