The Restoration Court knows Lady Dona St Columb to be ripe for any folly, any outrage that will relieve the tedium of her days. But there is another, secret Dona who longs for a life of honest love - and sweetness, even if it is spiced with danger. Dona flees London for remote Navron, looking for pe[...]
'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again ...' Working as a lady's companion, our heroine's outlook is bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower whose proposal takes her by surprise. She accepts but, whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to the br[...]
It is well known that Daphne du Maurier fell in love with Fowey at the age of 18, and soon made Cornwallher home. Her life long love affair with the county is evident: no one can describe the creeks, the moors, thebirds or the sea quite like her. Her deft observations of people are wry, accurate and[...]
Nyskrivet förord av litteratur- och skräckvetaren Mattias Fyhr till Daphne du Mauriers Rebecca. Om Rebecca: Daphne du Mauriers obestridda mästerverk Rebecca har allt en gotisk romance ska ha: en hemsökt herrgård, hypnotiska landskap, våldsam passion, sex, mord. Berättaren är en ung, fattig[...]
Nyskrivet förord av författaren Johan Theorin till Daphne du Mauriers Fåglarna och andra noveller. Om Fåglarna och andra noveller: Fåglarna är Daphne du Mauriers mästerliga skräcknovell om hur människans maktställning i naturen upphör att gälla när fåglarna går till attack. Alfred H[...]
This is an unabridged reading of Daphne du Maurier's classic novel, "Rebecca". It is a dark psychological tale of secrets and betrayal, read by Anna Massey. After a whirlwind romance and a honeymoon in Italy, the innocent young heroine and the dashing Maxim de Winter return to his country estate, Ma[...]
Both her novels and her non-fiction reveal Daphne du Maurier's overwhelming desire to explore her family's history. In Myself When Young, based on diaries that she kept from 1920-1932, the most famous du Maurier probes her own past, beginning with her earliest memories and encompassing the publicati[...]