Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface xi
5. Russian Beginnings 1
6. On the Way to Paris, Far from Her Home, and Stardom 39
7. The War and Benevolence 83
8. Between the Wars 97
9. War Again and the Menace of Anti-Semitism 137
10. Why Remember Ida Rubinstein? 151
11. Productions by Ida Rubinstein 153
12. Notes 167
13. Bibliography 183
14. Index 191