Thoughts Rule Britannia was Daphne du Maurier’s last novel but the relevancy to the political atmosphere in Britain today meant it sent chills up my spine as the story seems…
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The Flight of the Falcon by Daphne du Maurier
Thoughts The Flight of the Falcon was first published in 1964 and is one of the few novels Du Maurier wrote from a male perspective and set in an Italian…
The Glass Blowers by Daphne du Maurier
Thoughts Originally published in 1963, The Glass Blowers is set in eighteenth century France and follows the tale of du Maurier’s own ancestors as they fought to survive in the…
The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
Thoughts The House on the Strand, published in 1969, was written around the time Daphne du Maurier was being forced to leave her beloved Menabilly to move into Kilmarth. When…
The King’s General by Daphne du Maurier
Thoughts Originally published in 1946, The King’s General was the first novel Daphne du Maurier wrote at her beloved Menabilly and it was inspired by the discovery of a skeleton…
Frenchman’s Creek by Daphne du Maurier
Thoughts So far, Frenchman’s Creek is my least favourite du Maurier novel and I’m afraid I found most of it rather tedious. The story gets off to a very slow…