Frenchman's Creek by Daphne Du Maurier

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Frenchman's Creek by Daphne Du Maurier

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Frenchman's Creek is ideal for a teenage audience: the novel's heroine is a headstrong young woman of the Restoration court, who escapes convention for a life of adventure with her lover, a daring French pirate.

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Frenchman's Creek by Daphne Du Maurier

The Restoration Court knows Lady Dona St Columb to be ripe for any folly, any outrage that will alter the tedium of her days. But there is another, secret Dona who longs for freedom, honest love - and sweetness, even if it is spiced with danger. To escape the shallowness of court life, Dona retreats to Navron, her husband's remote Cornish estate. There, she seeks peace in its solitary woods and hidden creeks. But she finds instead a daring pirate, hunted by all Cornwall, a Frenchman who, like Dona, would gamble his life for a moment's joy. Together, they embark upon a quest rife with danger and glory, one which bestows upon Dona the ultimate choice: sacrifice her lover to certain death or risk her own life to save him.
A tale of danger, passion and mystery, and a compulsive slice of period dramaGood Book Guide A pure, exhilarating adventure story - a swashbuckling tale of exquisite danger and tangled love ... a tale of emotional and sexual awakening, of loss and risk ... sophisticated in its exploration of the human heart. -- Julie Myerson A heroine who is bound to make thousands of friends Sunday Times One of the last century's most original literary talents Daily Telegraph A storyteller of cunning and genius Sally Beauman
Daphne du Maurier (1907-89) was born in London, the daughter of the famous actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and granddaughter of George du Maurier, the author and artist. In 1931 her first novel, The Loving Spirit, was published. A biography of her father and three other novels followed, but it was the novel Rebecca that launched her into the literary stratosphere and made her one of the most popular authors of her day. In 1932, du Maurier married Major Frederick Browning, with whom she had three children. Many of du Maurier's bestselling novels and short stories were adapted into award-winning films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now. In 1969 du Maurier was awarded a DBE. She lived most of her life in Cornwall, the setting for many of her books.
SKU GOR006923071
ISBN 13 9780349006598
ISBN 10 0349006598
Title Frenchman's Creek
Author Daphne Du Maurier
Series Virago Modern Classics
Condition very good
Binding type Paperback
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Year published 2015-07-16
Number of pages 272
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