The Glass-Blowers
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780816134915 (081613491X)
ASIN: 081613491X
Publish date: 1983
Publisher: G.K. Hall
Pages no: 312
Edition language: English
My copy is Penguin 1969 - a story built around du Maurier's own family tree, including some dramatic moments of French history.
"Somehow, we no longer seemed to preach the brotherhood of man"In this book du Maurier recounts the tale of her forebears, the Busson family of master glass-blowers leading up to and through the French Revolution. Told through the POV of Sophie as she looks back on her life, daughter of master glass...
Really boring. The story covers a period of about one hundred years in France, from the time of the Sun King, through the French Revolution, the rise and fall of Napoleon's Empire and the restoration of the monarchy, following the falls and fortunes of the Busson family, master glass-blowers and eng...