Belle: The Slave Daughter and the Lord Chief Justice

by Paula Byrne

Book Overview

The sensational true tale that inspired the major motion picture Belle starring Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson, Penelope Wilton, and Matthew Goode--a stunning story of the first mixed-race girl introduced to high society England and raised as a lady.

The illegitimate daughter of a captain in the Royal Navy and an enslaved African woman, Dido Belle was sent to live with her great-uncle, the Earl of Mansfield,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062310771
• ISBN13: 9780062310774
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.0"