Bibliograph

A company of swans, Eva Ibbotson

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A company of swans, Eva Ibbotson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

1060, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

A company of swans

Medium

electronic resource.

Nature of contents

dictionaries

resource.readingGradeLevel

Text Difficulty 6 - Text Difficulty 9

Responsibility statement

Eva Ibbotson

Summary

A Company of Swans is a sweeping tale of romance, freedom and the beauty of dance from award-winning author, Eva Ibbotson, with a new introduction by Joanna Nadin. Weekly ballet classes are Harriet Morton's only escape from her intolerably dull life. So when she is chosen to join a corps de ballet which is setting off on a tour of the Amazon, she leaps at the chance to run away for good. Performing in the grand opera houses is everything Harriet dreamed of, and falling in love with an aristocratic exile makes her new life complete. Swept away by it all, she is unaware that her father and intended fiancé have begun to track her down . . . 'I have binged on Eva Ibbotson . . . her elegantly written, witty and well-observed fables' Nigella Lawson, The Times Rediscover Eva Ibbotson, award-winning author of Journey to the River Sea , in her sweeping historical romances, including The Morning Gift, A Song For Summer and The Secret Countess , originally published as A Countess Below Stairs , Magic Flutes , originally published as The Reluctant Heiress , Madensky Square and A Company of Swans

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