The House On The Strand by Daphne du Maurier
In The House On The Strand by Daphne du Maurier, a new drug transports Dick to fourteenth-century Cornwall.
Daphne Du Maurier’s Frenchman’s Creek was first published in 1941.
Set in Cornwall during the reign of Charles II, Frenchman’s Creek tells the story of a love affair between Dona, an English courtier, and Jean-Benoit Aubéry, a French Pirate.
The Restoration Court knows Lady Dona St Columb to be ripe for any folly, any outrage that will alter the tedium of her days. However, 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 drama.’ – Good Book Guide
‘A heroine who is bound to make thousands of friends.’ – Sunday Times
The novel has been adapted to film twice, once in 1944 and again in 1998.
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In The House On The Strand by Daphne du Maurier, a new drug transports Dick to fourteenth-century Cornwall.
On a nasty November night, Mary Yellan crosses Bodmin moor. Her mother’s dying wish was that she take refuge with her Aunt Patience at Jamaica Inn. When the coach driver hears where she’s going, he insists she must have made a mistake. “That’s no place for a girl,” the coach driver tells her.
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier sold nearly 3 million copies between its publication in 1938 and 1965. Adapted into an award winning film by Alfred Hitchcock.
Although born in London, Daphne du Maurier spent most of her life in Cornwall. She started writing on a visit to Cornwall and many of her books are set here