Daphne Du Maurier by Margaret Forster - ISBN: 9780099333319
Paperback
Secrets, passion, and hidden depths: the untold story of Daphne Du Maurier.

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  • Paperback

    496 pages

  • Release Date

    2 July 2007

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Summary

A meticulously researched bestseller; a masterpiece of biography and storytelling about one of Britain’s best female authors. Du Maurier’s books were adapted into some of Hitchcock’s most successful films, yet little is known about her private life. In this definitive book about the author of The Birds and Rebecca, readers are granted an insight into the life of a great, psychologically complex woman.

The definitive biography of Daphne du Maurier, one of history’s gr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780099333319
ISBN-10:0099333317
Author:Margaret Forster, Daphne Du Maurier
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Arrow Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:496
Release Date:2 July 2007
Weight:341g
Dimensions:195mm x 129mm x 29mm
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Critics Review

“Margaret Forster can do no wrong… . The story is as gripping asRebecca, as full of surprises asMy Cousin Rachel… . affectionate, honest, unsentimental and perceptive.” Daily Mail

Altogether a model biography - human sympathy tempered with honesty and spiced with real intelligence – Lorna Sage * Observer *
A startlingly good biography * The Times *
Convincing throughout … Margaret Forster’s interpretation of her subject is so complete and so persuasive that it leaves nothing for the reader to do except admire and enjoy * Independent on Sunday *
Forster’s acute and sensitive book succeeds on many levels … Its most important achievement is to disprove the highbrow assumption that bestsellers are shallow … and do not … engage the depths of the psyche – John Carey * Sunday Times *
Margaret Forster can do no wrong … The story is as gripping as Rebecca, as full of surprises as My Cousin Rachel … affectionate, honest, unsentimental and perceptive * Daily Mail *
It is an enthralling story, expertly and sympathetically told * Good Book Guide *

About The Author

Margaret Forster

Born in Carlisle, Margaret Forster was the author of many successful and acclaimed novels, including Have the Men Had Enough?, Lady’s Maid, Diary of an Ordinary Woman, Is There Anything You Want? , Keeping the World Away, Over and The Unknown Bridesmaid. She also wrote bestselling memoirs - Hidden Lives, Precious Lives and, most recently, My Life in Houses - and biographies. She was married to writer and journalist Hunter Davies and lived in London and the Lake District. She died in February 2016, just before her last novel, How to Measure a Cow, was published.

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