Daphne du Maurier offers an intimate biographical portrait of her father, actor Gerald du Maurier, drawn from family history and personal reflections.
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Daphne du Maurier offers an intimate biographical portrait of her father, actor Gerald du Maurier, drawn from family history and personal reflections.
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Daphne du Maurier's correspondence with Oriel Malet began in the early 1950s, after they met at a cocktail party in London. At least twenty years separated them: Oriel was a gauche young writer while Daphne was the famous, much-feted author of bestselling novels including Jamaica Inn, My Cousin Rachel and Rebecca. The friendship flourished for thirty years, fed by the letters that arrived faithfully from Menabilly, the du Maurier house in Cornwall. While Oriel tasted life on a houseboat on the S...
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