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Daphne du Maurier
I just started Mary Anne last night and I suspect it's going to be another winner. Based upon D du M's great-great-grandmother Mary Anne Clarke who ended up being the mistress of The Duke of York. Her daughter married one Louis-Mathurin Busson du Maurier who I'm assuming is perhaps one of the sons of Robert from The Glass Blowers? I've taken the book back to the library so I can't look up the names of his children.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
[quote=""Misfit""]I just started Mary Anne last night and I suspect it's going to be another winner. Based upon D du M's great-great-grandmother Mary Anne Clarke who ended up being the mistress of The Duke of York. Her daughter married one Louis-Mathurin Busson du Maurier who I'm assuming is perhaps one of the sons of Robert from The Glass Blowers? I've taken the book back to the library so I can't look up the names of his children.[/quote]
I read this book about ten/ twelve years ago and liked it, though my favorote DDuM novel is The House on the Strand.
I read this book about ten/ twelve years ago and liked it, though my favorote DDuM novel is The House on the Strand.
[quote=""Kasthu""]I read this book about ten/ twelve years ago and liked it, though my favorote DDuM novel is The House on the Strand.[/quote]
House on the Strand is next on the list - just waiting for my turn at the library.
It's going to be interesting to watch the interest grow with her books with the new releases coming out soon from Sourcebooks. I think she'll gain a lot of new readers, along with ones like me that haven't read her since our girlhood days.
House on the Strand is next on the list - just waiting for my turn at the library.
It's going to be interesting to watch the interest grow with her books with the new releases coming out soon from Sourcebooks. I think she'll gain a lot of new readers, along with ones like me that haven't read her since our girlhood days.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
I found some images of Mary Anne from the National Portrait Gallery here. One needs to write and ask permission to post them on individual websites so I am only posting the link for those interested.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
New Covers
The King's General

Frenchman's Creek

Mary Anne

My Cousin Rachel


Frenchman's Creek

Mary Anne

My Cousin Rachel

At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
du Maurier book covers
[quote=""Misfit""]The King's General

Frenchman's Creek

Mary Anne

My Cousin Rachel
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Thanks Misfit....The Book Covers honours the Lady Daphne's novels .....BTW....The 1944 film "Frenchman's Creek" starring Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Cordova and Basil Rathbone is a stunning portrayal of du M's terrific novel....Beautiful technicolor, costumes sets etc.... and Debussy's haunting Claire de Lune is the theme music for the film....Not on DVD yet ....only VHS....Good stuff.....

Frenchman's Creek

Mary Anne

My Cousin Rachel

Thanks Misfit....The Book Covers honours the Lady Daphne's novels .....BTW....The 1944 film "Frenchman's Creek" starring Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Cordova and Basil Rathbone is a stunning portrayal of du M's terrific novel....Beautiful technicolor, costumes sets etc.... and Debussy's haunting Claire de Lune is the theme music for the film....Not on DVD yet ....only VHS....Good stuff.....
Thanks Chuck I will have to look it up. Although the VCR bit the dust so it might take some doing to see it 
I still want to see the 1950's movie of My Cousin Rachel with a very young Richard Burton. It's listed on Amazon but no one is offering it for sale.

I still want to see the 1950's movie of My Cousin Rachel with a very young Richard Burton. It's listed on Amazon but no one is offering it for sale.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
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What lovely covers, Misfit! Are those three the only new covers released in your neck of the woods so far? My collection are the Virago Modern Classics.
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Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind