{"product_id":"belle-paula-byrne-9780062310774","title":"Belle: The Slave Daughter and the Lord Chief Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe sensational true tale that inspired the major motion picture \u003cem\u003eBelle\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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, one of the most powerful men of the time and a leading opponent of slavery. Growing up in his lavish estate, Dido was raised as a sister and companion to her white cousin, Elizabeth. When a joint portrait of the girls, commissioned by Mansfield, was unveiled, eighteenth-century England was shocked to see a black woman and white woman depicted as equals. Inspired by the painting, \u003cem\u003eBelle\u003c\/em\u003e vividly brings to life this extraordinary woman caught between two worlds, and illuminates the great civil rights question of her age: the fight to end slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelle\u003c\/em\u003e includes 20 pages of black-and-white photos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paula Byrne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062310771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062310774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2014","brand":"Paula Byrne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994737508607,"sku":"9780062310774","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_55e04fd9-e760-4e74-87bf-bddc545a1471.jpg?v=1683331895","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/belle-paula-byrne-9780062310774","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}