Perhaps the greatest dancer the world has ever known, Nureyev was also the most enigmatic. In this first major biography since the dancer's death from AIDS in 1993, Watson explores fully the public - and very private - life of the man behind the legend. Interviewing many of those closest to Nureyev, and with unique access to his KGB dossier, Watson tells the full story of his difficult childhood, his defection from Russia, his close relationship with Margot Fonteyn, the homosexual promiscuity which eventually led to his death from AIDS, and his overriding passion for dance...