Angela Du Maurier Livres

Set in Cornwall, this is a spell-binding story of the way in which the secrets of the past affect the present. This is a story of strong women and weak men, of an abiding love that breaks taboos, and dare not be declared. It is a novel in which the family is spellbound by the secrets of its past.The Angela du Maurier name has appeared on the finest, most popular novels of gothic romance and menace of our time. In this novel, she has written a superb novel of love and fear, where explores this territory with candour and sensitivity all her own. From its innocent beginning to its violent and shocking close, her narrative grip is sure."A sure blend of romance, tragedy and macabre emotion. Written to the hilt in the best of the Wuthering Heights school, TREVERYAN carves the theme of a great family suffering under the doom of a secret curse..." - Springfield Repbulican

Despite being 'only the sister' Angela managed to avoid living in her sister's shadow as Margaret Forster in her obituary notice in The Independent wrote "...in spite of envying Daphne's success, Angela was not made bitter by it and the sisters remained devoted to each other."She first wanted to be an actor and played Wendy for two seasons, including crashing whilst flying. But later she wanted to write and it was bad luck that the publication of her early novels coincided with Daphne's enormous success with Jamaica Inn and Rebecca. Altogether she published eleven books including two volumes of autobiography of which this is the first.Born in 1904 into a famous theatrical family Angela's memoirs are a fascinating insight into a lost world of Edwardian glamour. Later in Cornwall she worked the land during the war--in between she travelled in Europe and met an extraordinary number of people. A life of infinite variety, lived to the full by a very gregarious woman.

Autorčina nejoblíbenější kniha je jímavým příběhem o osudu čtyř lidí, jejich zranitelnosti i statečnosti. Zavádí čtenáře do někdejšího Irska, do zmizelého světa přísných morálních zásad, lásky a ctnosti, viděného očima ženy milující tamní přírodu i způsob života a oddané své víře. Vypráví o talentovaném malíři Micky Renvyleovi a jeho třech osudových láskách.