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Diaghilev's Empire: How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World
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Diaghilev's Empire: How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World Hardcover - 2022

by Rupert Christiansen

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 2022. Hardcover. Used - Very Good.
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  • Title Diaghilev's Empire: How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World
  • Author Rupert Christiansen
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Date October 2022
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 266914
  • ISBN 9780374139698 / 0374139695
  • Weight 1.42 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.26 x 1.23 in (23.52 x 15.90 x 3.12 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Library of Congress subjects Diaghilev, Serge, Ballet - Costume
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2022022945
  • Dewey Decimal Code 792.802

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About the author

Rupert Christiansen is the dance critic for The Spectator. He was also the dance critic for The Mail on Sunday from 1995 to 2020 and has written on dance-focused subjects for many publications in the United Kingdom and the United States, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper's & Queen, The Observer, The Daily Telegraph, The Literary Review, Dance Now, and Dance Theatre Journal. He was the opera critic and arts correspondent for The Daily Telegraph from 1996 to 2020 and is the author of a dozen nonfiction books, including Romantic Affinities and City of Light. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1997 and lives in London.