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About the Book

Based on the true story of a woman destined for stardom, and the boundary-crossing love affair that enthralled Victorian London.

In 1887, Isabel Bilton is the eldest daughter of a middle-class military family 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 her rapid ascent and the people that tried to tear her down
With only her talent, charm, and determination, Isabel moves to London alone at age nineteen, changes her name to Belle and takes the city by storm. A true bohemian and the star of a double act she performs with her sister, she soon falls passionately in love with William, Viscount Dunlo, a young aristocrat. For Belle, her marriage to William is a dream come true, though his ruthless father makes it clear that he'll stop at nothing to keep her in her place. As their marriage takes center stage in London's courtrooms and in the newspapers, Belle finds herself on trial not only for her wedding vows, but for the very life she's fought so hard to create.
An inherently feminist novel about passion and marriage, Becoming Belle is a celebration of an unstoppable woman ahead of her time.
About the Author: Nuala O'Connor is the author of Miss Emily and has also written in her native Ireland under the name Nuala Ní Chonchúir. She has won many fiction awards, was twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize and was shortlisted for the the European Prize for Literature. O'Connor has been published in Granta, The Stinging Fly, The Best Small Fictions and Guernica, among many others. She lives a stone's throw away from Belle's final residence, Garbally Court in East Galway, with her husband and three children.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781432854652
  • Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
  • Publisher Imprint: Thorndike Press Large Print
  • Edition: Large type / large print edition
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 820 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1432854658
  • Publisher Date: 21 Nov 2018
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 218 mm
  • No of Pages: 643
  • Spine Width: 33 mm
  • Width: 150 mm


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