Rebecca

by Daphne Du Maurier

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Last night I dreamt I went toManderley again . . .Working as a ladyrsquo;s companion, the heroine ofRebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very bleakuntil, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Maximde Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal ofmarriage takes her by surprise. She accepts, but whiskedfrom glamorous Monte Carlo to the ominous and broodingManderley, the new Mrs d
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Jamaica Inn

by Daphne Du Maurier

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The coachman tried to warn her away from the ruined, forbidding place on the rainswept Cornish coast. But young Mary Yellan chose instead to honor her mother's dying request that she join her frightened Aunt Patience and huge, hulking Uncle Joss Merlyn at Jamaica Inn. From her first glimpse on that raw November eve, she could sense the inn's dark power. But never did Mary dream that she would beco
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King's General

by Daphne Du Maurier

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Inspired by a grisly discovery in the nineteenth century, The King's General was the first of du Maurier's novels to be written at Menabilly, the model for Manderley in Rebecca. Set in the seventeenth century, it tells the story of a country and a family riven by war, and features one of fiction's most original heroines.Honor Harris is only eighteen when she first meets Richard Grenvile, proud, re
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Birds And Other Stories

by Daphne Du Maurier

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How long he fought with them in the darkness he could not tell, but at last the beating of the wings about him lessened and then withdrew . . .A classic of alienation and horror, The Birds was immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film. The five other chilling stories in this collection echo a sense of dislocation and mock man's sense of dominance over the natural world. The mountain paradis
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Hungry Hill

by Daphne Du Maurier

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?I tell you your mine will be in ruins and your home destroyed and your children forgotten . . . but this hill will be standing still to confound you.? So curses Morty Donovan when ?Copper John? Brodrick builds his mine at Hungry Hill.The Brodricks of Clonmere gain great wealth by harnessing the power of Hungry Hill and extracting the treasure it holds. The Donovans, the original owners of Clonmer
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Glass Blowers

by Daphne Du Maurier

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'Perhaps we shall not see each other again. I will write to you, though, and tell you, as best I can, the story of your family. A glass-blower, remember, breathes life into a vessel, giving it shape and form and sometimes beauty; but he can with that same breath, shatter and destroy it'Faithful to her word, Sophie Duval reveals to her long-lost nephew the tragic story of a family of master craftsm
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Rule Britannia

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Emman wakes one morning to an apocalyptic world. The cozy existence she shares with her grandmother, a once-famous actress, has been shattered: there's mail, no telephone no radio--and an American warship sits in the harbor. As the two women piece together clues about the "friendly" military occupation on their doorstep, family, friends and neighbors gather protect their heritage.
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Flight Of The Falcon

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As a young guide for Sunshine Tours, Armino Fabbio leads a pleasant, if humdrum life - until he becomes circumstantially involved in the murder of an old peasant woman in Rome. The woman, he gradually comes to realise, was his family's beloved servant many years ago, in his native town of Ruffano. He returns to his birthplace, and once there, finds it is haunted by the phantom of his brother, Aldo
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Mary Anne

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Mary Anne knew the grinding heel of poverty, and determined it would never grind her again. With beauty, brains and ambition, she chose the only route that could take a cockney girl to the top - as mistress to the Royal Duke of York.
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Parasites

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'When people play the game "Name three or four persons whom you would choose to have with you on a desert island", they never choose the Delaneys. They don't even choose us one by one as individuals. We have earned, not always fairly we consider, the reputation of being difficult guests . . .' Maria, Niall and Celia have grown up in the shadow of their famous parents - their father, a flamboyant s
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Castle Dor

by Daphne Du Maurier, Du Maurier, Quiller-Couch and others

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Both a spellbinding love story and a superb evocation of Cornwall's mythic past, Castle Dor is a book with unique and fascinating origins.It began life as the unfinished last novel of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, the celebrated 'Q', and was passed by his daughter to Daphne du Maurier, whose storytelling skills were perfectly suited to the task of completing the old master's tale.The result is this ma
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Infernal World Of Branwell Bronte

by Daphne Du Maurier

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As a bold and gifted child, Branwell Bronte's promise seemed boundless to the three adoring sisters over whom his rule was complete. But as an adult, the precocious flame of genius flickered and burned low. With neither the strength nor the resources to counter rejection, unable to sell his paintings or publish his books, Branwell became a specter in the Bronte story, in pathetic contrast with the
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Julius

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Julius Levy has grown up in a peasant family in a village on the banks of the Seine. A quick-witted urchin caught up in the Franco-Prussian War, he is soon forced by tragedy to escape to Algeria. Once there, he learns the ease of swindling, the rewards of love affairs, and the value of secrecy. Before he's twenty, he's in London, where his empire-building begins in earnest. Driven by a lifelong hu
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I'll Never Be Young Again

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"The iron of the bridge felt hot under my hand. The sun had been upon it all day. Gripping hard with my hands I lifted myself on to the bar and gazed down steadily on the water passing under...I thought of places I would never see, and women I should never love." In a moment of crisis, Richard is saved by a passing stranger--Jake. The two men, both at turning points, become fast friends and, out f
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Loving Spirit

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Cornwall, 1900s. Plyn Boat Yard is a hive of activity, and Janet Coombe longs to share in the excitement of seafaring: to travel, to have adventures, to know freedom. But constrained by the times, instead she marries her cousin, a boat builder, and settles down to raise a family.Janet's loving spirit - the passionate yearning for adventure and for love - is passed down to her son, and through him
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Vanishing Cornwall

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?There was a smell in the air of tar and rope and rusted chain, a smell of tidal water. Down harbour, around the point, was the open sea. Here was the freedom I desired, long sought-for, not yet known. Freedom to write, to walk, to wander, freedom to climb hills, to pull a boat, to be alone . . . I for this, and this for me.?Daphne du Maurier lived in Cornwall for most of her life. Its rugged coas
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Rebecca

by Daphne Du Maurier

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Classic / British English (Available February 2008) After the death of his beautiful wife Rebecca, Maxim de Winter goes to Monte Carlo to forget the past. There he meets and marries a quiet young woman and takes her back to Manderley, his family home in Cornwall. But will the memory of Rebecca destroy the new marriage?
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Frenchman's Creek

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Lady Donna St Columb is beautiful, headstrong - and bored. Desperate to escape the pomp and ritual of the Restoration Court, she retreats to the hidden creeks and secret woods of the family estate at Navron, in Cornwall. Though renowned for her passionate engagement with life, privately she yearns for freedom, a life of integrity and love - whatever the cost. The peace Lady Dona craves, however, e
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House On The Strand

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"Prime du Maurier. . . . She holds her characters close to reality; the past she creates is valid, and her skill in finessing the time shifts is enough to make one want to try a little of the brew."--New York Times
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Rebecca Notebook And Other Memories

by Daphne Du Maurier

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The Rebecca Notebook provides an unparalleled insight into the mastery of a writer's craft and the inner vision that made du Maurier a household name.One of the great international bestsellers, Rebeccaalso inspired a film, a play and television dramas. This perfect companion volume, The Rebecca Notebook, outlines just how Rebecca came to be written, tracing its origins, developments and the direct
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