Daphne du Maurier: Letters from Menabilly Portrait of a Friendship
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (773 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590774566 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 326 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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loved Amazon Customer Couln't put it down, the real Daphne, from the horse's mouth and Oriel Malet writes a superb context - very interesting, absorbing read, loved it
Since them she has written many novels, two biographies, and a children’s book. About the AuthorOriel Malet was born in London and spent her childhood in Wales. She completed her first novel at the age of sixteen. Her second was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. She lives in France.
Daphne du Maurier’s correspondence with Oriel Malet began in the early 1950s, after they met at a cocktail party in London. At least twenty years separated them: Oriel was a gauche young writer while Daphne was the famous, much-fêted author of bestselling novels including Jamaica Inn, My Cousin Rachel, and Rebecca.The friendship flourished for thirty years, fed by the letters that arrived faithfully from Menabilly, the du Maurier house in Cornwall. While Oriel tasted life on a houseboat on the Seine and mixed with the aristocratic Who’s Who of Paris, Daphne’s letters tell of her family, past and present, her marriage to General Sir Frederick Browning—a war hero known privately as ‘Moper’ whose fits of melancholy caused many a crisis at Menabilly—and events like Prince Philip coming for dinner: ‘We’ve got only four knives with handles, and one silver candlestick must be glued!’ Most of all, her letters are a valuable record of the complex and rigorous art of a fine and well
She completed her first novel at the age of sixteen. Oriel Malet was born in London and spent her childhood in Wales. Since them she has written many novels, two biographies, and a children’s book. She lives in France.. Her second was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize