Daphne. A Portrait of Daphne Du Maurier

One of Daphne du Maurier's earliest works was a history of her family, particularly of her grandfather George du Maurier, the Punch cartoonist and author of Trilby, and her father, the actor Gerald. But it was as a popular novelist that she would excel, and by the end of the 1930s Rebecca was a literary phenomenon, translated into 20 languages. married Boy Browning, then the youngest major in the British Army, and soon settled in the Cornish mansion which was featured in Rebecca and around which the plot of The King's General was constructed. Her sense of place and atmosphere and gift of story-telling ensured a succession of bestselling novels such as Jamaica Inn, Frenchman's Creek and My Cousin Rachel. After her husband's death she moved to another mansion which became the setting for The House on the Strand, and became increasingly removed from family and friends until her death. Daphne du Maurier in the 1960s, has studied her novels and adapted The King's General for the theatre.

Год

1992

Страниц

317

Язык

английский

ISBN

9780552994224