Hungry Hill
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780837604145 (0837604141)
Publish date: June 28th 1971
Publisher: Bentley Publishers
Pages no: 402
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Mystery,
Family,
Ireland,
Modern Classics,
Gothic
So this to me is not a typical Daphne du Maurier novel. There are hints of some Gothic elements here and there with a curse being flung about. But other than that, du Maurier just follows along following five generations of the Brodrick family from 1820 to 1920 following five of the male characters ...
"I have the silver, you have the land"Du Maurier recounts the lives of several generations of the Brodrick family, landholders in Dunhaven Ireland starting in 1820 when "Copper John" Brodrick cements a deal to start a copper mine at the base of Hungry Hill. John's main priorities are the business an...
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