MAB Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Found this on line: http://www.lulu.com/shop/ken-ludden/my-margot/paperback/product-21854720.html Anyone read it? Lulu, in this instance seems to be a self publishing outfit, always wary of those. I didn't like this criticism of Meredith Daneman's book "Margot Fonteyn's closest friends don't appear in Daneman's detailed biography." I think they do, one of Margot's closest friends was also a friend of mine during the years she (Ana-Christina) lived in London and she has umpteen mentions all through the book. I remember a book about Nureyev that appeared out of the blue about ten years ago that was packed with inaccuracies from someone no one had ever heard of and who played no part in the two more reputable biographies about him. Perhaps I am doing the author an injustice but I am wary by nature. Can anyone shed more light here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Here's a feature that Ken Ludden wrote last year for the Huffington Post And the Academy website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Thanks Janet, can't say the web site impressed me very much. Regardless of the prose, I would buy any book on Margot if it contained a substantial number of photos I hadn't seen before but there is no mention of illustrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Have you tried the Preview feature, MAB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrylights Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Slightly o/t, but does anyone have any recommendations for any Margot biographies or fantastic ballet books in general? Apologies if there is a thread already on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 ferrylights, if you run a search on thread titles alone, you'll find 12 hits for "books" - one or more of those might be suitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Here's a link to an Amazon search: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_14?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=margot%20fonteyn&sprefix=margot+fonteyn%2Caps%2C191 Margot Fonteyn's autobiography is a good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Margot Fonteyn's autobiography is a good read. Although rather heavily self-censored, I believe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 I think you'll find all autobiographies are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrylights Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 ferrylights, if you run a search on thread titles alone, you'll find 12 hits for "books" - one or more of those might be suitable. thank you, sorted! sorry i'm still a bit new here. will be using the search feature much more often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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