TY  - BOOK
AU  - Byrne,Paula
AU  - Belle,Dido
TI  - Belle: the true story of Dido Belle
SN  - 9780007542727
U1  - 920 BEL 
PY  - 2014///
PB  - William Collins
KW  - Belle
KW  - Upper class women
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Biography
KW  - Upper class
KW  - Racially mixed women
KW  - Racially mixed people
KW  - Illegitimate children
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 18th century
N1  - Film tie-in; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - This title presents the extraordinary true story behind the film 'Belle'. Dido Belle appears, in her famous portrait alongside her 'sister' and companion Lady Elizabeth Murray, a vision of aristocratic virtue. But she was no normal 18th-century lady, and this was no common painting. Adopted and raised by Lord Mansfield - one of the most powerful men of the day - her mixed race and illegitimacy became the controversy of English high society
ER  -