Castle Dor by Daphne Du Maurier - ISBN: 9781844080670
Paperback
Timeless Cornish legend reborn: love, fate, and tragic destiny intertwine.

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    13 July 2004

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Summary

Both a spellbinding love story and a superb evocation of Cornwall’s mythic past, Castle Dor is a book with unique and fascinating origins. It began life as the unfinished last novel of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, the celebrated ‘Q’, and was passed by his daughter to Daphne du Maurier whose storytelling skills were perfectly suited to the task of completing the old master’s tale. The result is this magical, compelling recreation of the legend of Tristan and Iseult, transplanted in time to the Co…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781844080670
ISBN-10:1844080676
Author:Daphne Du Maurier
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Virago Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Edition:New edition
Release Date:13 July 2004
Weight:210g
Dimensions:149mm x 201mm x 19mm
Series:Virago Modern Classics
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Critics Review

‘A stunning gem’ Amazon.com ‘All the familiar ingredients of passion, jealousy and tragic love … novel in the spellbinding du Maurier tradition’ Manchester Evening News

About The Author

Daphne Du Maurier

Daphne du Maurier was born in 1906 and educated at home and in Paris. She began writing in 1928, and many of her bestselling novels were set in Cornwall, where she lived for most of her life. She was made a DBE in 1969 and died in 1989.

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