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/5(4). Acclaimed biographer and bestselling author of The Real Jane Austen, Paula Byrne, tells the extraordinary true story of Dido Belle, whose unique social standing became instrumental in /5(4). 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/5().
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. Author: Paula Byrne ISBN Books will be free of page markings. Will be clean, not soiled or stained. Belle: The True Story of Dido Belle: www.doorway.ru: Byrne, Paula: Books. Skip to main www.doorway.ru Hello Select your address Books Hello, Sign in. Account Lists Account Returns Orders.
Belle: The True Story of Dido Belle - Kindle edition by Byrne, Paula. Arts Photography Kindle eBooks @ www.doorway.ru 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 slaves by an unscrupulous shipping company. Having enjoyed the film Belle, I wanted to read the book, Belle: the true story of Dido Belle. The book turned out to be quite different from the film. It is quite common to find that films have adapted the original stories. However, in the case of Belle, the book was written after the film.
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