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A Dancer in Wartime

2012-11-08 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2012-11-08
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis A Dancer in Wartime by : Gillian Lynne

Download or read book A Dancer in Wartime written by Gillian Lynne. This book was released on 2012-11-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London during the Blitz was a time of hardship, heroism and hope. For Gillian Lynne – a budding ballerina – it was also a time of great change as she was evacuated from war-torn London to a crumbling mansion, where dance classes took place in the faded ballroom. Life was hard, but her talent and dedication shone through and an astonishing journey ensued, which saw Gillian dancing a triumphant debut in Swan Lake, performing in the West End with doodlebugs falling and touring a devastated Europe entertaining the troops. A Dancer in Wartime paints a vivid and moving picture of what life was really like during the hard years of the Blitz and brings to life a lost world.

A Dancer in Wartime

2012 Large type books
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Release : 2012
Genre : Large type books
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Book Rating : 531/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Dancer in Wartime by : Gillian Lynne

Download or read book A Dancer in Wartime written by Gillian Lynne. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gillian Lynne is one of the world's pre-eminent choreographers, the groundbreaking creative force behind CATS and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. She began her career as a ballerina, learning to dance alongside Margot Fonteyn, Moira Shearer, Beryl Grey and Frederick Ashton during the Second World War. A DANCER IN WARTIME tells the story of Gillian's extraordinary childhood. From Miss Madeleine Sharp's Ballet Class for Young Ladies in Bromley, to being evacuated with her theatre school to rural Leicestershire; from performing in the West End with doodlebugs falling, to touring a devastated Europe...and then the call to join Sadler's Wells.

Wartime Lies

2010-12-22 Fiction
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Release : 2010-12-22
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 932/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Wartime Lies by : Louis Begley

Download or read book Wartime Lies written by Louis Begley. This book was released on 2010-12-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Extraordinary...Rich in irony and regret...[the] people and settings are vividly realized and his prose [is] compelling in its simplicity." THE WALL STREET JOURNAL As the world slips into the throes of war in 1939, young Maciek's once closetted existence outside Warsaw is no more. When Warsaw falls, Maciek escapes with his aunt Tania. Together they endure the war, running, hiding, changing their names, forging documents to secure their temporary lives—as the insistent drum of the Nazi march moves ever closer to them and to their secret wartime lies.

Dancing Through Fire

2005 Ballet
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Release : 2005
Genre : Ballet
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Book Synopsis Dancing Through Fire by : Kathryn Lasky

Download or read book Dancing Through Fire written by Kathryn Lasky. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sylvie dreams of being a prima ballerina. When the Franco-Prussian war begins in 1870, Sylvie is thrown into turmoil and tragedy. Sylvie must rely on the strength that ballet gives her in order to survive and acheive her goal.

Dutch Girl

2019-04-15 History
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Release : 2019-04-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 545/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Dutch Girl by : Robert Matzen

Download or read book Dutch Girl written by Robert Matzen. This book was released on 2019-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-five years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the most beloved of all Hollywood stars, known as much for her role as UNICEF ambassador as for films like Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany's. Several biographies have chronicled her stardom, but none has covered her intense experiences through five years of Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. According to her son, Luca Dotti, "The war made my mother who she was." Audrey Hepburn's war included participation in the Dutch Resistance, working as a doctor's assistant during the "Bridge Too Far" battle of Arnhem, the brutal execution of her uncle, and the ordeal of the Hunger Winter of 1944. She also had to contend with the fact that her father was a Nazi agent and her mother was pro-Nazi for the first two years of the occupation. But the war years also brought triumphs as Audrey became Arnhem's most famous young ballerina. Audrey's own reminiscences, new interviews with people who knew her in the war, wartime diaries, and research in classified Dutch archives shed light on the riveting, untold story of Audrey Hepburn under fire in World War II. Also included is a section of color and black-and-white photos. Many of these images are from Audrey's personal collection and are published here for the first time.

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