TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Connor,Nuala
TI  - Becoming Belle
SN  - 9780349421254 (pbk.)
U1  - 823/.92 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - Piatkus
KW  - Marriage
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Social conflict
KW  - Aristocracy (Social class)
KW  - England
KW  - Ireland
KW  - Biographical fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Historical fiction
N2  - 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
ER  -