Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781844080403
Edition: New edition
ISBN: 1844080404
Label: Virago Press Ltd
Manufacturer: Virago Press Ltd
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: May 01, 2003
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Studio: Virago Press Ltd

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Rating: - Brooding, intriguing and very slippery...

This is classic du Maurier, closer to Rebecca (Rebecca (Virago modern classics) ), than some of the more adventurous yarns (Jamaica Inn, Frenchman's Creek (Virago Modern Classics) ).
24 year old Philip Ashley grows up in an isolated Cornish house with his cousin Ambrose who is both Oedipal father and uncle to the boy. But Ambrose is forced to leave for Italy and marries the enigmatic Rachel, half English and half Italian, and then dies under her care, having sent some intriguing letters ... Read More

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Rating: - Did she or didn't she?
That is the question that will keep readers on the edge of their seat until final twist on the very last pages. Phillip Ashley was orphaned at a young age and raised in 19C Cornwall by his older cousin Ambrose. Health issues force Ambrose to spend time in warmer climates and he meets and marries a distant cousin Rachel, the widowed Countess Sangaletti. A cryptic note arrives from Ambrose hinting at being poisoned and Phillip heads to Florence to find Ambrose dead of a brain tumor (so the doctors say.....) ... Read More

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Rating: - Disappointing after Rebecca & Frenchman's Creek
I had this book bought for me for Christmas, and when I opened it I was looking forward to reading it, particularly after having read Jamaica Inn, Frenchman's Creek and Rebecca of which I thoroughlly enjoyed and the build up having held my attention throughout.

However, I was expecting the same kind of process to happen. I felt this build up as I was reading the book, and when I got to the end I found it a bit of an anti-climax.

I have to say that it has put me off reading her books ... Read More

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Rating: - Excellent
I totally disagree with the last reviewer. No twist in the tale? a straightforward story?
I wonder if we have been reading the same book?
The way I understand it, the whole point of this book IS in its ending and its 'twist in the tale', which throws all your expectations up in the air, and leaves you at the end with a feeling of 'was she bad? Or was she good? Who was right and who was wrong?" It is the cleverness of Daphne du Maurier that it turns the whole story on its head and makes you reasess ... Read More

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Rating: - Disappointing only because I expected so much more
I really REALLY enjoyed "Rebecca" and "The King's General" so I had very great expectations of this one. In some ways I do agree with previous reviewers in that it is written beautifully, Du Maurier has a wonderful gift of being able to build up an intense atmosphere by describing her characters so well, and this book is no exception. However, I was disappointed with the plot - I had expected a twist at the end, and I do like to be surprised, but it was quite a straightforward story, and i could anticipate the ... Read More

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