Description
'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.
About the Author
Heather Cooper grew up in a small village in northern Lancashire, and was educated at Lancaster Girls' Grammar School and the University of Durham. She also studied at the London College of Printing, and subsequently worked at the Westerham Press, Faber & Faber, and Eel Pie Publishing.In 1981 Heather moved to the Isle of Wight, where her son and daughter were born. While living on the Island she has worked for the National Trust, in local government, and later in the NHS.Heather's first novel, Stealing Roses, was published in 2019 by Allison and Busby. Stealing Roses and its sequel, A Shape in the Moonlight, have also been published in Germany by Goldmann. She contributed to A Love Letter to Europe published in 2019 by Coronet.She now lives in Cowes with her partner.Arresting Beauty, her new historical romance novel, will be published by Beachy Books in 2023.
More Details
- Contributor: Heather Cooper
- Imprint: Beachy Books
- ISBN13: 9781913894153
- Number of Pages: 264
- Packaged Dimensions: 153x234mm
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Beachy Books
- Release Date: 2023-09-30
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Heather Cooper grew up in a small village in northern Lancashire, and was educated at Lancaster Girls' Grammar School and the University of Durham. She also studied at the London College of Printing, and subsequently worked at the Westerham Press, Faber & Faber, and Eel Pie Publishing.In 1981 Heather moved to the Isle of Wight, where her son and daughter were born. While living on the Island she has worked for the National Trust, in local government, and later in the NHS.Heather's first novel, Stealing Roses, was published in 2019 by Allison and Busby. Stealing Roses and its sequel, A Shape in the Moonlight, have also been published in Germany by Goldmann. She contributed to A Love Letter to Europe published in 2019 by Coronet.She now lives in Cowes with her partner.Arresting Beauty, her new historical romance novel, will be published by Beachy Books in 2023.
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