Spanning nearly a century, this is the enthralling saga of the famously artistic du Maurier family, written by its most celebrated member. When Daphne du Maurier wrote this book, she was only 30 years old, yet she was already established as a biographer and novelist. The Du Mauriers was written during a vintage period of her career, between two of her best-loved novels: Jamaica Inn and Rebecca. Her aim was to write her family biography "so that it reads like a novel." It is due to du Maurier's remarkable imaginative gifts that she was able to breathe life into the characters and depict with affection and wit relatives she never knew.
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'Miss du Maurier creates on the grand scale; she runs through the generations, giving her family unity and reality ... a rich vein of humour and satire ... observation, sympathy, courage, a sense of the romantic, are here' Observer
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Dame Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) wrote more than twenty-five acclaimed novels, short stories, and plays, including Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, and The House on the Strand. She was also a passionate and skillful chronicler of her own remarkable family, which included artists, actors, speculators, writers, military men and courtesans. This is one of three of her finest biographical works recently reissued in the distinguished Virago Modern Classics series.
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Daphne du Maurier was born in 1906 and educated at home and in Paris. She began writing in 1928, and many of her bestselling novels were set in Cornwall, where she lived for most of her life. She was made a DBE in 1969 and died in 1989.
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A spirited saga of family history,
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Popular novelist Daphne Du Maurier's superbly written and memorably personal autobiography of her own family provides a spirited saga of family history, and will prove a 'must' for any student seeking a full coverage of Du Maurier's influences and life. From the histories of relatives she never personally knew to her own life, The Du Mauriers makes for a lively and engaging "first-person" read.
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This book is wonderfully written. I could hardly put it down. Daphne Du Maurier is one of my favorite authors and this was facinating reading. This book really takes you back in time.
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Mary Anne, Miss Lewis, Aunt Louise, Godfrey Wallace, Busson du Maurier, Uncle George, Tom Armstrong, Duke of York, Lord Chichester, Mademoiselle Busson, Colonel Greville, George Clarke, Monsieur Froussard, Ellen Clarke, Aunt Georgie, Louise Busson, Wharton Street, Emma Wightwick, Jimmy Whistler, Lord Folkestone, Miss Busson, Jardins du Roi, Madame Busson, Madame Clarke, Captain Clarke New!
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Mary Anne, Miss Lewis, Aunt Louise, Godfrey Wallace, Busson du Maurier, Uncle George, Tom Armstrong, Duke of York, Lord Chichester, Mademoiselle Busson, Colonel Greville, George Clarke, Monsieur Froussard, Ellen Clarke, Aunt Georgie, Louise Busson, Wharton Street, Emma Wightwick, Jimmy Whistler, Lord Folkestone, Miss Busson, Jardins du Roi, Madame Busson, Madame Clarke, Captain Clarke New!
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- Mary Anne: A Novel by Daphne, Dame Du Maurier on 4 pages
- Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- The Loving Spirit by Daphne, Dame Du Maurier in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Jamaica Inn (Virago Modern Classics) by Daphne Du Maurier in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
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