Helen RappaportHelen Rappaport was born in Bromley, Kent, and studied Russian at Leeds University, before working as a translator and copy editor. She has been a full-time writer for more than twenty-three years, and in 2003 discovered and purchased an 1869 portrai of Mary Seacole that now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, sparking a long investigation into Seacole's life and career. Read More Read Less