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5 days ago · There’s an enjoyable excerpt from the soon-to-be published The Provincial Lady in Wartime, a German resistance group operating in the Swiss alps, Mrs Miniver plans her Christmas shopping, Daphne du Maurier provides a ghostly escort for a British ship being hunted by a German U-boat, and Priorsford welcomes old residents and new evacuees ...
Jun 9, 2024 · Daphne du Maurier (13th May 1907 - 19th April 1989) was first and foremost a really excellent storyteller but she was also part of the remarkable du Maurier dynasty - a granddaughter, daughter, sister, military wife, mother and grandmother.
Jun 17, 2024 · One of the most astounding is that Daphne du Maurier once predicted the Brexit referendum. It might seem improbable that someone, even a writer of du Maurier’s fine ilk, could have predicted the bleak socio-economic trappings of Brexit, but it does make sense considering the context in which it materialised.
Jun 19, 2024 · The Romance Writers of America Mystery/Romantic Suspense Chapter #144, also known as Kiss of Death, has announced their finalists for the “Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense.”.
Jun 24, 2024 · We are looking for a few more chapter proposals to expand our forthcoming edited collection, New perspectives on the legacy of Daphne du Maurier. The collection explores du Maurier’s work in adaptation, including her most famous work Rebecca and its many adaptations.
Jun 10, 2024 · To those like Du Maurier and more than a few intellectuals in the century or so that has followed, the stylishness of Decadence looks frivolous, as some of it is. In addition, Wilde’s arrest for ‘acts of gross indecency’ with men and his trial at the Old Bailey in 1895 seemed to confirm what society had long suspected: Decadence was ...
Jun 22, 2024 · Jamaica Inn on Cornwall's Bodmin Moor, immortalised in Daphne du Maurier's bestselling novel and close to the author's former homes Menabilly and Ferryside, has truly earned its place in the history books.
