Arresting Beauty

Arresting Beauty

Hardback Published on: 30/09/2023
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Synopsis

‘Beggars can’t be choosers. They really can’t.’ Based on true historical events, Arresting Beauty follows the extraordinary story of Mary Ryan, who was found begging on Putney Heath at the age of ten by the celebrated Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. Julia takes Mary into her magnificently bohemian household, to be trained as a maid and educated alongside her own sons, before becoming an assistant, muse and model for Julia in many of her pioneering photographs. When Julia decides to move to Freshwater in the Isle of Wight, to live close to her great friend Alfred Tennyson, Mary—clever and rebellious—finds herself uncomfortably poised between two worlds—that of a servant girl in one, and in another, artistic assistant to Julia and befriending the likes of Tennyson, battling class and attitudes of the time to fulfil her own goals and perhaps even find love. A sparkling historic romance novel based on a true-life story.

  • Publisher: Beachy Books
  • ISBN: 9781913894160
  • Dimensions: 234 x 153 mm

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Arresting Beauty
Beautifully Written
Heather Cooper manages to capture the essence of the time in this beautifully written and well researched fictional account of the real life and times of a... READ MORE
Rose Kelsey
Arresting Beauty
Loved it
I raced through Arresting Beauty, eager to hear Mary Ryan’s extraordinary story. This strong-willed, heroine is quick, funny and engaging, able to take adv... READ MORE
Rosie Freeman