A romantic saga which spans the lives of three generations of Cornish folk. First published in 1931.
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Daphne du Maurier's lushly written novel . . . is a rapturous celebration of the beauties of the Cornish landscape (Michele Roberts)
She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense, and she was, too, a writer of fearless originality (Guardian)
No other popular writer has so triumphantly defied classification . . . She satisfied all the questionable criteria of popular fiction, and yet satisfied the exacting requirements of "real literature", something very few novelists ever do (Margaret Forster)
Daphne du Maurier's lushly written novel . . . is a rapturous celebration of the beauties of the Cornish landscape (Michele Roberts)
Miss du Maurier creates on the grand scale ... a rich vein of humour and satire, observation, sympathy, courage, a sense of the romantic are here (OBSERVER)
A powerful, exuberant romance this is Daphne du Maurier's first novel which shows her beginnings as a great writer
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