Margot Fonteyn: A Life

The Legend of Margot Fonteyn has touched every ballerina who has come after and her genius endures in the memory of anyone who saw her dance. Yet until now, the complete story of her life has remained untold. Meredith Daneman, a novelist and former dancer, reveals the fascinating story of Peggy Hookman, a little girl from suburban England who grew up to become a Dame of the British Empire and the most famous ballerina in the world. More than ten years of interviews and research, including exclusive access to Fonteyn's and her mother's never-before-seen diaries and letters, come together to create this definitive biography. From the rumored affair and successful partnership between Fonteyn and the young Rudolf Nureyev to Margot's final years in Panama with her beloved husband Roberto Arias, Daneman has created a compulsively readable account that balletomanes and lovers of biography will cherish.