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BELLE
THE TRUE STORY OF DIDO BELLE |
| By: |
Paula Byrne |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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£9.48 |
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£3.51 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0007542720 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780007542727 |
| Availability: |
Last available stock.
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| Publisher: |
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 2014 |
| Edition: |
Film tie-in edition |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
The inspiration behind the powerful new film starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson, this is the story of Dido Belle, whose adoption by an aristocratic family challenged the conventions of 18th century England. |
| Synopsis: |
The inspiration behind the powerful new film starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson, this is the story of Dido Belle, whose adoption by an aristocratic family challenged the conventions of 18th century England.In one of the most famous portraits in the world, a pretty girl walks through the grounds of Kenwood House, a vision of aristocratic refinement. But the eye is drawn to the beautiful woman on her right. Pointing at her own cheek, she playfully acknowledges her remarkable position in eighteenth-century society. For Dido Belle was the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy captain and a slave woman, adopted by the Earl of Mansfield. As Lord Chief Justice of England he would preside over the notorious Zong case - the drowning of 142 slaves by an unscrupulous shipping company. His ruling provided the legal underpinning to the abolition of slavery in Britain.From the privileged yet unequal lives of Dido and her cousin Elizabeth, to the horrific treatment of African slaves, Paula Byrne - the bestselling author of `The Real Jane Austen' - vividly narrates the story of a family that defied convention, the legal trial that exposed the cruelties of slavery and the woman who challenged notions of race at the highest rank. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
William Collins |
| Returns: |
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