Becoming Belle / Nuala O'Connor.
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TextPublisher: London : Piatkus, 2019Copyright date: ©2018Edition: Paperback editionDescription: 370 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780349421261; 0349421269Subject(s): Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction | Social conflict -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | Marriage -- Fiction | Ireland -- Fiction | England -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Biographical fiction. Summary: 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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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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