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Frenchman's Creek

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Highly personalized adventure, ultra-romantic mood, and skillful storytelling. New York Times

DAPHNE DU MAURIER'S LOST CLASSIC; AN ELECTRIFYING TALE OF LOVE AND SCANDAL ON THE HIGH SEAS.

Jaded by the numbing politeness of Restoration London, Lady Dona St. Columb revolts against high society. She rides into the countryside, guided only by her restlessness and her longing to escape.

But when chance leads her to meet a French pirate, hidden within Cornwall's shadowy forests, Dona discovers that her passions and thirst for adventure have never been more aroused. Together, they embark upon a quest rife with danger and glory, one which bestows upon Dona the ultimate choice: sacrifice her lover to certain death or risk her own life to save him.

Frenchman's Creek is the breathtaking story of a woman searching for love and adventure who embraces the dangerous life of a fugitive on the seas.

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Daphne du Maurier's "Frenchman's Creek" is the scandalous tale of one woman's will to seize adventure by the horns and become the fugitive of her own fate.
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Constant Reader, February 18, 2011 (view all comments by Constant Reader)
Daphne du Maurier loved Cornwall, and often wrote of it, as she does here. This is the tale of 17th-century English noblewoman Dona St. Columb, who has tired of life in London (which du Maurier describes vividly; footpads in the night streets, evenings at the theatre where Dona is the only wife amidst a score of mistresses, dust and the stench of garbage in the streets).

Dona, on impulse, leaves London with her children and their nurse, headed for her husband's Cornwall estate. We discover that her husband, Harry, is as in love with her as he can be, but he is also a simpleton who is incapable of knowing what Dona really needs and wants from him; small wonder, then, that she insisted he remain in London. Dona revels in the freedom of the estate, playing with her children, and paying scant attention to local talk of a French pirate in the area. She soon finds, however, that the pirate is much closer to home than she thought.

Dona is one of the best female characters du Maurier - or anyone else - ever created. Intelligent, perceptive, sharply witty and independent, she chafes under the yoke of an unsuitable marriage, and finds herself and unexpected love in Cornwall. Her dialog alone is worth reading, but the book is a wonderful adventure tale, as well. Quite possibly, du Maurier was writing of her own wish to escape. Whatever the reason, the book is well worth reading again and again.
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ISBN:
9781402217104
Author:
Du Maurier, Daphne
Publisher:
Sourcebooks Landmark
Author:
du Maurier, Daphne
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Historical fiction
Subject:
Pirates
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
2009
Publication Date:
20090331
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
283
Dimensions:
8.06x6.78x.82 in. .71 lbs.
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