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A company of swans

A company of swans

Book 2007

For nineteen-year-old Harriet Morton, life in 1912 Cambridge is as dry and dull as a biscuit. Her stuffy father and her opressive aunt Louisa allow her only one outlet: ballet. When a Russian ballet master comes to class searching for dancers to fill the corps of his ballet company before their South American tour, Harriets world changes. Defying her fathers wishes and narrowly escaping the clutches of the man who wishes to marry her, Harriet sne...