{"product_id":"belle-the-slave-daughter-and-the-lord-chief-justice-paperback","title":"Belle: The Slave Daughter and the Lord Chief Justice - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaula Byrne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sensational tale of the first mixed-race girl introduced to high-society England and raised as a lady...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe illegitimate daughter of a captain in the Royal Navy and an enslaved African woman, Dido Belle was raised by her great-uncle, the Earl of Mansfield, one of the most powerful men of the time and a leading opponent of slavery. When the portrait he commissioned of his two wards, Dido and her white cousin, Elizabeth, 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\u003eThe feature film \u003cem\u003eBelle\u003c\/em\u003e is produced by Damian Jones (\u003cem\u003eThe Iron Lady\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe History Boys\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Sarajevo\u003c\/em\u003e), written by Misan Sagay, and directed by Amma Asante, and stars the extraordinary Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Dido Belle, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Reid, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Tom Felton, Matthew Goode, and Emily Watson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42135814865031,"sku":"9780062310774","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ac153c4d762e194c8762de814b08a187.webp?v=1732652072","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/belle-the-slave-daughter-and-the-lord-chief-justice-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}