Becoming Belle by Nuala O'Connor - ISBN: 9780349421261
Paperback
Victorian woman’s rise to aristocracy challenged society’s expectations, a timeless story.

Becoming Belle

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    6 June 2019

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Summary

‘Luminous’ SEBASTIAN BARRY

‘Incandescent characters and mellifluous prose’ LISA CAREY

‘Reminiscent of Edith Wharton at her very best’ LIZ NUGENT

The true story of a woman ahead of her time …

In 1887, Isabel Bilton is the eldest of three daughters of a middle-class military family, growing up in a small garrison town. By 1891 she is the Countess of Clancarty, dubbed “the peasant countess” by the press…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349421261
ISBN-10:0349421269
Author:Nuala O'Connor
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Piatkus Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:6 June 2019
Weight:260g
Dimensions:198mm x 126mm x 30mm
About The Author

Nuala O'Connor

Nuala O’Connor (aka Nuala Ni Chonchuir) was born in Dublin, Ireland, she lives in East Galway. Her fifth short story collection Joyride to Jupiter was published by New Island in 2017; her story ‘Consolata’ from that collection was shortlisted for Short Story of the Year at the 2017 Irish Book Awards.

Nuala’s third novel, Miss Emily, about the poet Emily Dickinson and her Irish maid, was shortlisted for the Eason Book Club Novel of the Year 2015 and longlisted for the 2017 International DUBLIN Literary Award.

Nuala’s fourth novel, Becoming Belle, will be published in August 2018.

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