The King's General
Daphne du Maurier has no equal. Sunday TelegraphAs civil war rages across England, the weak prove their courage and the privileged become traitorsDaphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca made her one of the most successful writers of her time. Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of the book won the Best...
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Daphne du Maurier has no equal. Sunday TelegraphAs civil war rages across England, the weak prove their courage and the privileged become traitorsDaphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca made her one of the most successful writers of her time. Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of the book won the Best Picture Oscar in 1940. He later used her material for The Birds. In 1969, du Maurier was created a Dame of the British Empire.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781408406250 (140840625X)
Publish date: December 22nd 2008
Publisher: AudioGO
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Mystery,
War,
Modern Classics,
Gothic,
17th Century
bookshelves: historical-fiction, published-1946, play-dramatisation Read in November, 2009 Blurb - A paralysed beauty and a reckless soldier fall in love during the English civil war. Stars Cathryn Harrison and Roger Allam.This delightful abridged dramatisation does not stop me wanting to read th...
It's been many years since I've read anything by Daphne DuMaurier. I had expected the gothic feel to the book but this was much more of a historical title than I had anticipated with very detailed accounts of the English Civil War as it affected those in Cornwall.The main protagonists were unusual a...
DdM's book's just keep getting better and better..each book with its' own personality. The King's General was no different! A totally different style than the last 5 books I have read of hers, but, none the less written with quality.
Best of hers so far.
Blurb - A paralysed beauty and a reckless soldier fall in love during the English civil war. Stars Cathryn Harrison and Roger Allam. This delightful abridged dramatisation does not stop me wanting to read the book, on the contrary, it makes me want to read the full thing soon, especially as much of ...
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