Daphne - Softcover

Picardie, Justine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596913401 ISBN 13: 9781596913400

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2009

Synopsis

“Deftly drawn. An accomplished retelling...The reader need not be a devotée of Branwell Brontë or Daphne du Maurier or even the Gothic genre to take pleasure in this novel; the butterflies are brightly colored and the display well-lit.”—Washington Post

Folding biographical details of its real-life heroine, Daphne de Maurier, into a page-turning plot, Daphne is a deftly crafted literary mystery: a tale of obsession and possession, of stolen manuscripts and forged signatures, of love lost and love found.

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Review:

'A divine treat for lovers of literary mysteries' Kate Saunders, The Times 'Compulsively readable ... elegant and absorbing ... Daphne takes the reader on a journey of undiluted pleasure' Spectator 'An intelligent, absorbing mystery story, a real tour de force all bookworms will love' Daily Mail 'A beguiling and addictive novel that weaves different strands of the literary legacy of Daphne du Maurier and the Bronte family into a superb literary thriller ... it is constructed with a dazzling simplicity and draws you in uncontrollably ... this all adds up to a delicious piece of literary sleuthing ... a deeply involving and emotional story that beautifully conjures up the atmosphere of Daphne du Maurier's paranoia and her discomfort with family history ... This is a supremely enjoyable novel' Sunday Express

About the Author:

Justine Picardie is the author of My Mother’s Wedding Dress, If the Spirit Moves You, and Wish I May, a novel. Formerly the features editor of British Vogue and editor of the Observer magazine, she lives in London and writes a column for the Sunday Telegraph.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1596913401
• ISBN 13: 9781596913400
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 405