A Company of Swans - Hardcover

Ibbotson, Eva

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312153236 ISBN 13: 9780312153236

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1985

Synopsis

The story of a young woman in early twentieth-century England who must escape the strict confines of her proper Cambridge family to fulfill her dream of becoming a ballet dancer

About this title

Book Description:

An enchanting love story set in the Amazon, by the award-winning and bestselling author of Journey to the River Sea, Eva Ibbotson.

About the Author:

Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna in 1925 and moved to England with her father when the Nazis came to power.

Ibbotson wrote more than twenty books for children and young adults, many of which garnered nominations for major awards for children's literature in the UK, including the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and the Whitbread Prize.

Eva's critically acclaimed Journey to the River Sea won the Smarties Gold Medal in 2001. Set in the Amazon, it was written in honour of her deceased husband Alan, a former naturalist.

Imaginative and humorous, Eva's books often convey her love of nature, in particular the Austrian countryside, which is evident in works such as The Star of Kazan and A Song for Summer.

Eva passed away at her home in Newcastle on 20 October 2010. Her final book, One Boy and His Dog, was published in May 2011.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0312153236
• ISBN 13: 9780312153236
• Binding: Hardcover