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.
Do the Write Thing on KMF radio has been running for several years and has given a voice to writers and to local musicians.
The paperback has proved very popular with 93 ordered during the 2 weeks of the Crowdfunder campaign and enough funds raised to donate a copy to all 45 libraries in Cornwall.
If you have the imagination, you are welcome to join me in a time city, an Italian Renaissance city, the court of King Charles II or Bodmin Moor. The choice is yours but you may never be the same again. You have been warned!
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
