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About the Author

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.

Reviews

'Daphne du Maurier's lushly written novel ... is a rapturous celebration of the beauties of the Cornish landscape' Michele Roberts 'Miss du Maurier creates on the grand scale ... a rich vein of humour and satire, observation, sympathy, courage, a sense of the romantic are here' OBSERVER