Mary Anne
The highly anticipated reissue of the du Maurier classics American fans have been waiting for "Daphne du Maurier has no equal." Sunday Telegraph " Likely to rank as the author's best book." Saturday Review "This novel catches fire." New York Times She set men's hearts on fire and scandalized a...
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The highly anticipated reissue of the du Maurier classics American fans have been waiting for "Daphne du Maurier has no equal." Sunday Telegraph " Likely to rank as the author's best book." Saturday Review "This novel catches fire." New York Times She set men's hearts on fire and scandalized a country Master storyteller Daphne du Maurier evokes the rise and fall of one of her most unforgettable characters. An ambitious, stunning, and seductive young woman, Mary Anne finds the single most rewarding way to rise above her miserable cockney world: she will become the mistress to a royal duke. In doing so, she provokes a scandal that rocks Regency England. Mary Anne glitters with sex, scandal, corruption, and the privileged world of high society. Based on the true story of one of du Maurier's own distant relatives, Mary Anne's love of money and the men who spend it embroil her in risks that threaten her very existence.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781402217111 (1402217110)
Publish date: October 1st 2009
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages no: 464
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Mystery,
Modern Classics,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Regency,
Gothic
Can't quite decide between 3 & 4 stars. This tells the tale of Du Maurier's great great grandmother, Mary Anne Clarke, who was mistress to the Duke of York. She was then pivotal in the investigation into the sale of commissions that took place in the House of Commons. A novelised biography, the firs...
This is the story of Daphne du Maurier’s great-great-grandmother, Mary Anne Clarke, born into a poor family in the East End of London, married at fifteen and the mother of four children by the time she was twenty-three. Mary Anne became a notorious courtesan and mistress of the Duke of York and was...
Although I would have previously sworn that it was impossible for du Maurier to write a bad book, this one comes periously close and although it had all the right elements; good story, fascinating real life people, great period setting, royalty, scandal etc it just never really came together for me....
Glowing recs from Pat and Barb
Rated generally lower than I expect to rate Daphne du Maurier because it didn't really have the...same atmosphere I come to expect from her from reading My Cousin Rachel and Rebecca. But it's always nice to read about Maurier's heroines, they're always well written and Mary Anne is no different, she...
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