Daphne A Novel |
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Author:
| Picardie, Justine |
ISBN: | 978-1-59691-340-0 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
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"Deftly drawn. An accomplished retelling...The reader need not be a devotée of Branwell Brontë or Daphne du Maurier or even the Gothic genre to take pleasure in this novel; the butterflies are brightly colored and the display well-lit."--Washington Post Folding biographical details of its real-life heroine, Daphne de Maurier, into a page-turning plot, Daphne is a deftly crafted literary mystery: a tale of obsession and possession, of stolen...
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"Deftly drawn. An accomplished retelling...The reader need not be a devotée of Branwell Brontë or Daphne du Maurier or even the Gothic genre to take pleasure in this novel; the butterflies are brightly colored and the display well-lit."--Washington Post
Folding biographical details of its real-life heroine, Daphne de Maurier, into a page-turning plot, Daphne is a deftly crafted literary mystery: a tale of obsession and possession, of stolen manuscripts and forged signatures, of love lost and love found.