Arresting Beauty Book Launch at Dimbola
Saturday, 30 September 2023
- Time
- 17:00 - 19:00
- Venue
- Dimbola Museum & Galleries, Freshwater, PO40 9QE
- Price
- FREE event (suggested £3 donation to JMC Trust)
BOOK LAUNCH at Dimbola for new historical romance novel ‘Arresting Beauty’ by local author Heather Cooper, about Julia Margaret Cameron’s parlourmaid and muse.
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BOOK LAUNCH at Dimbola for new historical romance novel ‘Arresting Beauty’ by local author Heather Cooper, based on the real-life Mary Ryan, found begging on Putney Heath at the age of ten by the celebrated Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.
Discover how Mary finds herself poised between two worlds—that of a servant girl in one, and in another, artistic assistant to Julia and mixing with Tennyson and his circle, battling class and attitudes of the time to fulfil her own goals and perhaps even find love.
Date: Saturday 30th September 2023 Time: 5pm to 7pm
Place: Dimbola Museum & Galleries, Terrace Lane, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, PO40 9QE
Refreshments available.
FREE event and a suggested £3 donation to the JMC Trust.
The exclusive signed 1st edition hardback will be available at £20 RRP published by Beachy Books (www,beachybooks.com)
Discover how Mary finds herself poised between two worlds—that of a servant girl in one, and in another, artistic assistant to Julia and mixing with Tennyson and his circle, battling class and attitudes of the time to fulfil her own goals and perhaps even find love.
Date: Saturday 30th September 2023 Time: 5pm to 7pm
Place: Dimbola Museum & Galleries, Terrace Lane, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, PO40 9QE
Refreshments available.
FREE event and a suggested £3 donation to the JMC Trust.
The exclusive signed 1st edition hardback will be available at £20 RRP published by Beachy Books (www,beachybooks.com)
Venue
Dimbola Museum & Galleries
Terrace Lane
Freshwater
PO40 9QE
Dates
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