Imperial dancer : Mathilde Kschessinska and the Romanovs / Coryne Hall ; foreword by Natalia Makarova.

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Main Author: Hall, Coryne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stroud, England : Sutton Publishing, 2005.
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520 1 |a "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." "So many myths have been published about Mathilde Kschessinska that she has become the stuff of legend. It is said that Nicholas II had a secret passage built linking her house to the Winter Palace so that he could visit her unseen; that the window latches on her mansion were made of gold; and that a hoard of Romanov treasure lies buried under her former St. Petersburg home. Kschessinska's own autobiography adds to the myths - in them she triumphs in every ballet and overcomes every petty intrigue with the help of the Tsar. Imperial Dancer uses diaries, letters and Russian archives to tell the real story of this woman; in effect what Mathilde did not say. It reveals her dislike of Alix, Nicholas's wife, her profound and temperamental influence in the Imperial Theatre, her involvement in the 'Anastasia' affair, her role as Margot Fonteyn's teacher, and her achievement of a life-long ambition - marriage to one of her Grand Dukes which made her a princess."--BOOK JACKET. 
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