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Belle

- The True Story of Dido Belle
Af: Paula Byrne Engelsk Paperback

Belle

- The True Story of Dido Belle
Af: Paula Byrne Engelsk Paperback
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The inspiration behind the powerful new film starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson, this is the story of Dido Belle, whose adoption by an aristocratic family challenged the conventions of 18th century England.In one of the most famous portraits in the world, a pretty girl walks through the grounds of Kenwood House, a vision of aristocratic refinement. But the eye is drawn to the beautiful woman on her right. Pointing at her own cheek, she playfully acknowledges her remarkable position in eighteenth-century society. For Dido Belle was the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy captain and a slave woman, adopted by the Earl of Mansfield. As Lord Chief Justice of England he would preside over the notorious Zong case – the drowning of 142 slaves by an unscrupulous shipping company. His ruling provided the legal underpinning to the abolition of slavery in Britain.From the privileged yet unequal lives of Dido and her cousin Elizabeth, to the horrific treatment of African slaves, Paula Byrne – the bestselling author of ‘The Real Jane Austen’ – vividly narrates the story of a family that defied convention, the legal trial that exposed the cruelties of slavery and the woman who challenged notions of race at the highest rank.
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The inspiration behind the powerful new film starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson, this is the story of Dido Belle, whose adoption by an aristocratic family challenged the conventions of 18th century England.In one of the most famous portraits in the world, a pretty girl walks through the grounds of Kenwood House, a vision of aristocratic refinement. But the eye is drawn to the beautiful woman on her right. Pointing at her own cheek, she playfully acknowledges her remarkable position in eighteenth-century society. For Dido Belle was the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy captain and a slave woman, adopted by the Earl of Mansfield. As Lord Chief Justice of England he would preside over the notorious Zong case – the drowning of 142 slaves by an unscrupulous shipping company. His ruling provided the legal underpinning to the abolition of slavery in Britain.From the privileged yet unequal lives of Dido and her cousin Elizabeth, to the horrific treatment of African slaves, Paula Byrne – the bestselling author of ‘The Real Jane Austen’ – vividly narrates the story of a family that defied convention, the legal trial that exposed the cruelties of slavery and the woman who challenged notions of race at the highest rank.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 304
ISBN-13: 9780007542727
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0007542720
Kategori: Sande fortællinger: opdagelser / historie / videnskab
Udg. Dato: 8 maj 2014
Længde: 22mm
Bredde: 131mm
Højde: 197mm
Forlag: HarperCollins Publishers
Oplagsdato: 8 maj 2014
Forfatter(e): Paula Byrne
Forfatter(e) Paula Byrne

Kategori Sande fortællinger: opdagelser / historie / videnskab

ISBN-13 9780007542727

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 304

Udgave

Længde 22mm

Bredde 131mm

Højde 197mm

Udg. Dato 8 maj 2014

Oplagsdato 8 maj 2014

Forlag HarperCollins Publishers