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''Luminous'' SEBASTIAN BARRY

''Incandescent characters and mellifluous prose'' LISA CAREY

''Reminiscent of Edith Wharton at her very best'' LIZ NUGENT
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The true story of a woman ahead of her time . . .

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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Becoming Belle

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      Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
      Published 6 June 2019
      ISBN-13 9780349421261
      978-0349421261
      ISBN-10 0349421269

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Luminous'' SEBASTIAN BARRY

      ''Incandescent characters and mellifluous prose'' LISA CAREY

      ''Reminiscent of Edith Wharton at her very best'' LIZ NUGENT
      _________

      The true story of a woman ahead of her time . . .

      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.
      _________

      Praise for BECOMING BELLE

      ''Nuala O''Co

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