Eadie B. (eadieburke) - , reviewed on 7/25/2017 + 1639 more book reviews

I loved this biography of Daphne du Maurier. Tatiana de Rosnay did excellent job researching this interesting author. I found Daphne to be a fascinating and complicated person. I learned a lot of information about her family including her French grandfather and sister who were writers, her father who was an actor, and her other sister who was an artist. Daphne was blond and beautiful and had many suitors, including other females, an uncle and lots of males. She was married to Frederick 'Boy' Browning who was a military leader at Arnhem against the Germans and mentioned in the book and movie, A Bridge Too Far. They had 3 children and many grandchildren. Daphne wrote her most famous books while living at Manabilly Mansion in Cornwell which became her Manderley in her well-known novel, Rebecca. If you love biographies about famous people, you should read this one. I have included some of her history in my review but the book has lots more information that will interest you for sure. I look forward to reading more of her novels in the future.

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