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Vanishing Cornwall (Virago Modern Classics)

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I had read many Daphne De Maurier books in the past but wanted something more factual about the most beautiful part of Britian. My home for nearly forty years was Cornwall & this book highlighted all that was so historic and reminicent of an era gone by. She completes the complete essence of being Cornish and of begining to understand how culturally different Cornwall is. It's celtic beginings transend through the ages so clearly identified by De Maurier. An great book for any Cornishman or Woman to read and enjoy. Her book truly reflects what has happened in Cornwall to the prescent day particullary over the last hundred years.

No one knew Cornwall as well as Daphne DuMaurier, and in this nonfiction work she paints a loving portrait of the region and especially its dramatic coastline. Deftly recounting its history and folklore, describing its people and their customs, and visiting its most outstanding physical features, she laments the loss of what was and celebrates the beauty that persists. Vanishing Cornwall is not so much a travelogue as a tribute. Recommended for anyone with an interest in this beautiful land.

I recently checked out of the library what I thought was this book. Especially since it mentions that it is a hardcover book.
However, upon opening it to my dismay - it is and it isn't. It has none of the pictures of Daphne and her family, which is why I so wanted the book. The other book under the same name had lengthy text quoted from her books, and a detailed map of Cornwall, and the places she wrote about. Which books were from where. Very informative. I will not return this book. It is nice, it is just not as biographical as the one I got from the library.Vanishing Cornwall (Virago Modern Classics)