Her aim was to write her family biography ‘so that it reads like a novel’ and it was due to du Maurier’s remarkable imaginative gifts that she was able to breathe life into the characters and depict with affection and wit the relatives she never knew, including her grandfather, the famous Victorian artist and Punch cartoonist – and creator of Trilby. The Du Mauriers was written during a vintage period of her career, between two of her best-loved novels: Jamaica Inn and Rebecca. Here, she further explores her fascinating family history. When Daphne du Maurier wrote this book she was only thirty years old and had already established herself both as a biographer with the acclaimed Gerald: A Portrait and as a novelist. Worldwide shipping Author - Daphne Du Maurier Title - The Du Mauriers Publisher. ‘Daphne du Maurier has no equal’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH A nice vintage penguin edition of the biography of Daphne Du Maurier. ‘It is my pick of the Spring biographical material for sheer entertainment value. observation, sympathy, courage, a sense of the romantic, are here’ OBSERVER ‘Miss du Maurier creates on the grand scale.
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