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.
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Paula Byrne is the author the bestselling biographies `Perditä, `Mad World¿, `The Real Jane Austen¿, `Belle¿, `Kick¿ and `The Genius of Jane Austen¿. She is founder and chief executive of ReLit, the Bibliotherapy Foundation, a charity devoted to the mental health benefits of reading. She is married to Sir Jonathan Bate and lives in Oxford.
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Looks at the life of Dido Belle, which inspired the film "Belle". She was an 18th century aristocrat who was born to a captured slave mother and Royal Navy captain father, and adopted and raised by one of the most powerful men of the day, Lord Mansfield. *Also appeared in March Buyer's Notes*
