A masterful recreation of the legend of Tristan and Iseult, set in 19th century Cornwall.
A masterful recreation of the legend of Tristan and Iseult, set in 19th century Cornwall.
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Du Maurier, Daphnen
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.
nnBawden, NinanNina Bawden (1925-2012) was one of Britain's best-loved writers for both adults and children. Several of her children's books -
Carrie's War, a Phoenix Award winner;
The Peppermint Pig, which won the
Guardian Fiction Award; and
Keeping Henry - have become contemporary classics. She wrote over forty novels, slightly more than half of which are for adults, and she was shortlisted for the 1987 Man Booker Prize for
Circles of Deceit. She received the prestigious S T Dupont Golden Pen Award for a lifetime's contribution to literature in 2004, and in 2010
The Birds on the Trees was shortlisted for the Lost Booker of 1970.
Über den Autor
Daphne du Maurier was born in 1906 and educated at home and in Paris. She began writing in 1928, and many of her bestselling novels were set in Cornwall, where she lived for most of her life. She was made a DBE in 1969 and died in 1989.
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Classic fiction set in 19th century Cornwall.
