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Paperback 416 Pages / Published: 02/03/2009
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Synopsis
It is 1957. As Daphne du Maurier wanders alone through her remote mansion on the Cornish coast, she is haunted by thoughts of her failing marriage and the legendary heroine of her most famous novel, "Rebecca", who now seems close at hand. Seeking distraction, she becomes fascinated by Branwell, the reprobate brother of the Bronte sisters, and begins a correspondence with the enigmatic scholar Alex Symington in which truth and fiction combine. Meanwhile, in present day London, a lonely young woman struggles with her thesis on du Maurier and the Brontes and finds herself retreating from her distant husband into a fifty-year-old literary mystery.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780747596349
Number of pages: 416
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 25 mm

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“Daphne”

The author presents a vivid insight into Daphne Du Maurier's complicated and troubled past. Daphne seeks distraction from her own problems by throwing herself into research of the Bronte family, particularly... More

Paperback edition
5th February 2009
Helpful? Upvote 9

“High hopes?”

I had high hopes for this book. However, I was disappointed.

Paperback edition
22nd July 2010
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“Daphne”

This is a novel with three main characters, who together make up the story, Daphne Du Maurier as the title suggests, who is trying to write a biography on Branwell Bronte, a man called J A Symington who was the former... More

Paperback edition
4th December 2008
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