Fanny Elssler |
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION II | 11 |
THE RISE OF AN INFANT PRODIGY | 17 |
THE LAST LOVE OF FRIEDRICH VON GENTZ | 26 |
LONDON INTERLUDE | 49 |
FANNY AND THE NAPOLEONIC LEGEND | 54 |
PARIS THE ULTIMATE GOAL | 61 |
THE CACHUCHA | 71 |
GAUTIERS PAGAN BALLERINA | 79 |
HAVANA AND THE DEEP SOUTH | 155 |
THE SECOND YEAR OF THE AMERICAN TOUR | 169 |
THE BREACH WITH WIKOFF | 186 |
GISELLE | 195 |
AN AUSTRIAN IN ITALY | 206 |
THE CROWNING TRIUMPH | 228 |
THE YEARS OF RETIREMENT | 252 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 265 |
LA VALETTE | 93 |
PREPARATIONS FOR THE AMERICAN TOUR | 104 |
CONQUEST OF THE NEW WORLD | 126 |
GENEALOGICAL TREE OF THE ELSSLER FAMILY 2723 | 273 |
INDEX | 275 |