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Becoming Belle
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By: Nuala O'Connor
Publisher: Piatkus
Published: June 2019
Pages: 384
Categories: Biography, History culture
Language: English
Available as: Hardback, Paperback, Audio
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ISBN-13: 9780349421261

The true story of a woman ahead of her time . . . In 1887, Isabel Bilton is the eldest of three daughters of a middle-class military family, growing up in a small garrison town. By 1891 she is the Countess of Clancarty, dubbed "the peasant countess" by the press, and a member of the Irish aristocracy. Becoming Belle is the story of the four years in between, of Belle's rapid ascent and the people that tried to tear her down. Reimagined by a novelist at the height of her powers, Belle is an unforgettable woman. Set against an absorbing portrait of Victorian London, hers is a timeless rags-to-riches story a la Becky Sharpe.

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