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 Frenchman's Creek - Daphne du Maurier
 Frenchman's Creek - Daphne du Maurier ... Columb to be ripe for any folly, any outrage that will alter the tedium of her days. But there is another, secret Dona who longs for a life of honest love -- and sweetness, even if it is spiced with danger. It is this Dona who flees the stews of London for remote Navron, looking for peace of mind in its solitary woods and hidden creeks. She finds there the passion her spirit craves -- in the love of a daring pirate hunted by all Cornwall, a Frenchman who, like Dona, would gamble his life for a moment's joy.Newest Review: ... she discovers a book, written in French, and a jar of tobacco. Innocent enough save for the fact that these items were ... more ... residing in the table drawer beside her bed... who's been sleeping in my bed? cries the startled Goldilocks! A few pages on ( the passing of time dealt with 'so the first day passed, and the next and the one after') and our mystery is solved and the novels obvious progression determined. Enter one visiting neighbour, Lord Godolphin, who informs our heroine that the country is presently being pillaged by a thieving French pirate ( Need I say more?) Riddle of the bedchamber instantly solved and in true roman...more |
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Frenchman's Creek - Daphne du Maurier: Daphne du Maurier - Frenchman's Creek (318 words)
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First published in 1941, Frenchman's Creek tells the tale of the impetuous, and irritatingly headstrong, Lady Dona. Disillusioned with the excesses of London life she abandons her doting ( though rather dim-witted ) husband Harry and takes her unenthusiastic offspring to stay at his country estate in Cornwall. Unlike Rebecca, this novel's plot is transparent from the outset. During Dona's first night in reidence she discovers a book, written in French, and a jar of tobacco. Innocent enough save for the fact that these items were residing in the table drawer beside her bed... who's been sleeping in my bed? cries the startled Goldilocks! A few pages on ( ... Read the complete review
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