Rebecca's Tale
by:
Sally Beauman (author)
April 1951. It is twenty years since the death of Rebecca, the hauntingly beautiful first wife of Maxim de Winter. Twenty years since Manderley, the de Winter family's estate, was destroyed by fire. But Rebecca's tale is just beginning.Colonel Julyan, an old family friend, receives an anonymous...
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April 1951. It is twenty years since the death of Rebecca, the hauntingly beautiful first wife of Maxim de Winter. Twenty years since Manderley, the de Winter family's estate, was destroyed by fire. But Rebecca's tale is just beginning.Colonel Julyan, an old family friend, receives an anonymous package concerning Rebecca. An inquisitive young scholar named Terence Gray appears and stirs up the quiet seaside hamlet with disturbing questions about the past -- and with the close ties he soon forges with the Colonel and his eligible daughter, Ellie. Amid bitter gossip and murky intrigue, the trio begins a search for the real Rebecca, and the truth behind her mysterious death.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061032042 (0061032042)
ASIN: 61032042
Publish date: July 30th 2002
Publisher: HarperTorch
Pages no: 528
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Writing,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Books About Books,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Gothic
Audiobook. This review is totally based upon the fact that Sally Beauman took a wonderful story, the original [b:Rebecca|12873|Rebecca|Daphne du Maurier|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XySD9S7BL._SL75_.jpg|46663] and turned it all around so it's almost unrecognizable. Rebecca is a sympathe...
I expected this to be terrible, like Mrs. De Winter, but I was pleasantly surprised. It's actually lots of fun, told through secondary characters in Rebecca and by Rebecca herself. I plan to reread it at some point.
Loved and loved this book a real page turner. Read years ago so not able to review it now.