O'Connor, Nuala,  1970- <br/><br/>
Becoming Belle / 
Nuala O'Connor. 
 - 370 pages ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780349421254 (pbk.) 0349421250 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Marriage--Fiction.<br/>Man-woman relationships--Fiction.<br/>Social conflict--Fiction.<br/>Aristocracy (Social class)--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>England--Fiction.<br/>Ireland--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biographical fiction.<br/>Historical fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>823/.92