Rule Britannia - Hardcover

Du Maurier, Daphne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0575015985 ISBN 13: 9780575015982

Publisher: Gollancz, 1972

Synopsis

Emma, who lives in Cornwall with her grandmother, a famous retired actress, wakes one morning to find that the world has apparently gone mad: no post, no telephone, no radio, a warship in the bay and American soldiers advancing across the field towards the house. The time is a few years in the future. England has withdrawn from the Common Market and, on the brink of bankruptcy, has decided that salvation lies in a union - political, military and economic - with the United States. Theoretically it is to be an equal partnership; but to some people it soon begins to look like a takeover bid.

Daphne du Maurier is concerned not only with what would happen to this country under what is virtually occupation, but also with the effect on human relationships. In Emma, looking at it all with clear young eyes, Daphne du Maurier has drawn one of her most enchanting heroines; and this engrossing book shows once again what a versatile and perceptive writer she is.

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Review:

Consistently entertaining (SUNDAY TIMES)

The spirit of Britannia embodied (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)

Book Description:

A memorable novel rich in character and imagination.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gollancz
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0575015985
• ISBN 13: 9780575015982
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 318