Belle [electronic resource] : the true story of Dido Belle
Byrne, Paula2014
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This title presents the extraordinary true story behind the film 'Belle'. Dido Belle appears, in her famous portrait alongside her 'sister' and companion Lady Elizabeth Murray, a vision of aristocratic virtue. But she was no normal 18th-century lady, and this was no common painting. Adopted and raised by Lord Mansfield - one of the most powerful men of the day - her mixed race and illegitimacy became the controversy of English high society.
Main title:
Belle [electronic resource] : the true story of Dido Belle / Paula Byrne.
Author:
Byrne, Paula, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2014.
Collation:
1 online resource (x, 292 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Notes:
Click on link below to go to East Sussex Digital LibraryDescription based on print version record.Electronic reproduction. Cleveland, Ohio : Overdrive, 2014? Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 4062 KB).
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Print version
ISBN:
9780007548118 (Adobe EPUB eBook)
Language:
English
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Subject:
Belle, Dido Elizabeth, 1761-1804Upper class women -- Great Britain -- BiographyUpper class -- Great Britain -- BiographyRacially mixed women -- Great Britain -- BiographyRacially mixed people -- Great Britain -- BiographyIllegitimate children -- Great Britain -- BiographyGreat Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th centuryBiography
BRN:
1271234