Cornwall a Daphne du Maurier - František Nepraš

Cornwall a Daphne du Maurier - František Nepraš

Život přední britské autorky 20. století Daphne du Maurier je nerozlučně spjatý s místy na jihozápadním konci Anglie, s regionem Cornwall. Autor čtenáře čtivou formou seznamuje s pozoruhodnými osudy spisovatelky, jejími knihami a s místy, kde žila a kde se odehrává většina

Daphne Du Maurier (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive biography of Daphne Du Maurier, one of history's greatest psychological thriller novelistsRebecca, published in 1938, brought its author instant international acclaim, capturing the popular imagination with its haunting atmosphere of suspense and

Daphne Du Maurier Companion (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

Daphne du Maurier is one of Britain's best-loved authors, her writing capturing the imagination in a way that few have been able to equal. Rebecca, her most famous novel, was a huge success on first publication and brought du Maurier international fame. This enduring classic remains one of the

Du Mauriers (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

When Daphne du Maurier wrote this book she was only thirty years old and had already established herself both as a biographer, with the acclaimed Gerald: A Portrait, and as a novelist. The Du Mauriers was written during a vintage period of her career, between two of her best-loved novels: Jamaica

Frenchman's Creek (Du Maurier Daphne)(Pevná vazba)

One of du Maurier's most popular novels, in a beautiful new hardback VMC set of Daphne du Maurier

Glass-Blowers (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

A stirring historical drama, with characters based on du Maurier's own family, set against the events of the French

My Cousin Rachel (Du Maurier Daphne)(Pevná vazba)

Daphne Du Maurier and Her Sisters (Dunn Jane)(Paperback)

Celebrated novelist Daphne Du Maurier and her sisters, eclipsed by her fame, are revealed in all their surprising complexity in this riveting new biography.The middle sister in a famous artistic dynasty, Daphne du Maurier is one of the master storytellers of our time, author of 'Rebecca', 'Jamaica

Rebecca (du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback)

Sixty years after REBECCA was first published, Daphne du Maurier's unsurpassed masterpiece continues to enthrall readers with romance and suspense, as the second Mrs. de Winter narrates the haunting events surrounding her marriage to Maxim de Winter and her growing obsession with his first wife,

Castle Dor (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

A masterful recreation of the legend of Tristan and Iseult, set in 19th century Cornwall.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,

Don't Look Now: Selected Stories of Daphne Du Maurier (du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback)

Classic horror stories by one of masters of the form. Full of bone-chilling tales, this collection includes 'The Birds,' the basis for the Alfred Hitchcock film of the same title, and other creepy classics. Daphne du Maurier wrote some of the most compelling and creepy novels of the twentieth

Daphne Du Maurier's Cornwall (Hawthorne Bret)(Pevná vazba)

Flight Of The Falcon (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

A haunting thriller, set in Italy, from the mistress of suspense, Daphne du

Loving Spirit (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

A powerful, exuberant romance this is Daphne du Maurier's first novel which shows her beginnings as a great

Birds And Other Stories (Du Maurier Daphne)(Pevná vazba)

Daphne du Maurier's chilling short-story collection, the title story was famously made into a film by Hitchcock - perfect for the Halloween and Christmas

Jamaica Inn (Du Maurier Daphne)(Pevná vazba)

The classic tale of murder, mystery and romance, in a gorgeous new hardback VMC set of Daphne du Maurier

Winding Stair - Francis Bacon, His Rise and Fall (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

Don't Look Now and Other Stories (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

Collecting five stories of suspense, mystery and slow, creeping horror, Daphne Du Maurier's Don't Look Now and Other Stories includes an introduction by Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black, in Penguin Modern Classics.John and Laura have come to Venice to try and escape the pain of their young

King's General (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

A moving love story set during the Civil

House On The Strand (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

When Dick Young's friend, Professor Magnus Lane, offers him an escape from his troubles in the form of a new drug, Dick finds himself transported to fourteenth-century Cornwall. There, in the manor of Tywardreath, the domain of Sir Henry Champerhoune, he witnesses intrigue, adultery and murder. The

Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier

Hlavná hrdinka románu sa na francúzskej Riviére zaľúbi do príťažlivého a zámožného Angličana Maximiliana de Winter. Ľúbostný vzťah zakrátko spečatia manželským sľubom a zdá sa, že mladá manželka si rýchlo zvykne na nový domov na romantickom anglickom pobreží. Netuší

My Cousin Rachel (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

A haunting, suspenseful novel with the power and intrigue of

Rebecca (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

orking as a lady's companion, the orphaned heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. Whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to his

Scapegoat (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

A masterful exploration of doubling and identity, and of the dark side of the self. One of du Maurier's most accomplished