They rented the chalet from writer Louise Swanton Belloc
, the widow of French painter Hilaire Belloc (the elder)
, who lived in the house next door. BRP
soon became deeply attached to her.
Family and Intimate relationships
Marie Belloc Lowndes
MBL
's paternal, French grandmother, Louise Swanton Belloc
, was a children's writer, a translator, intimate friend of Stendhal and Victor Hugo
, and the author of a life of Byron
(for which Stendhal
supplied...
Education
Marie Belloc Lowndes
One of the earliest books that Marie could remember was Pierre et Pierrette, a celebrated little text written by her grandmother Belloc
to improve the education of French village children. She grew up conscious...
