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The King's General

by: Daphne Du Maurier (author)

From the cover page: Menabilly stands bare and desolate on the Cornish coast, its ivy covered walls hiding the secret which two people will carry to their graves: Honor Harris, so injured as a girl that she never walked again, and Sir Richard Grenvile, the King's General in the West, resentful,... show more

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Format: hardcover

Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.

Pages no: 371

Edition language: English

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Classics, Novels, Literature, European Literature, British Literature, Historical Fiction, Romance, Mystery, War, Modern Classics, Gothic, 17th Century

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Bettie's Books rated it

11 years ago

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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...

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Victoria Vane rated it

13 years ago

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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...

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A Book and A Review #2 rated it

14 years ago

http://abookandareview2.booklikes.com A Book and A Review #2 5.0

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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.

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carey rated it

14 years ago

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Best of hers so far.

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Bettie's Books rated it

15 years ago

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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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