"A Company of Swans" by Eva IbbotsonPublisher: Speak
Genres: Young Adult, Historical, Romance
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Source: Bought
Read Sometime 2012
For
nineteen-year-old Harriet Morton, life in 1912 Cambridge is as dry and dull
as a biscuit. Her stuffy father and her oppressive 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, Harriet's world changes. Defying her father's wishes and narrowly
escaping the clutches of the man who wishes to marry her, Harriet sneaks off
to join the ballet on their journey to the Amazon. There, in the wild, lush
jungle, they perform Swan Lake in grand opera houses for the wealthy and
culture-deprived rubber barons, and Harriet meets Rom Verney, the handsome
and mysterious British exile who owns the most ornate opera house. Utterly
enchanted by both the exotic surroundings and by Rom's affections, Harriet is
swept away by her new life, completely unaware that her father and would-be
fiancé have begun to track her down...
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